Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This common species has been recorded so far from Delhi NCR, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh 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 | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 |
Clausnitzer, V. 2016. Tramea limbata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T60050A83381971. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T60050A83381971.en.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Tramea limbata Desjardins, 1832 – Black Marsh Trotter. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/tramea-limbata, accessed 2026/05/04.





