Taxonomic Information
IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This common species has been recorded so far from Andaman & Nicobar Islands UT, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir UT, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, 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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 2 | |||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 2 |
Subramanian, K.A. 2020. Rhyothemis variegata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T167133A83384189. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T167133A83384189.en.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Rhyothemis variegata Linnaeus, 1763 – Common Picturewing. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/rhyothemis-variegata, accessed 2026/05/24.