Subspecies in India
Other Common Name(s): Lined Forest-skimmer, Pale-faced Forest-skimmer
Taxonomic Information
Common Name: Emerald Banded skimmer
Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal within the Indian limits.
This is a common species.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 |
Wilson, K.D.P. 2020. Cratilla lineata (amended version of 2011 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T167160A176225947. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T167160A176225947.en. Downloaded on 14 August 2021.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Cratilla lineata (Brauer, 1878) – Emerald-Banded Skimmer. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/cratilla-lineata, accessed 2026/04/24.