Conservation and Special status
IUCN Red List Category: Least ConcernPhoto Gallery and Species Biology
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This common species has been recorded so far from Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi NCR, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Nagaland, 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 | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | ||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 4 | ||||||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 19 | 4 |
Dow, R.A. 2010. Urothemis signata. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T165562A6063342. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T165562A6063342.en.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2026. Urothemis signata Rambur, 1842 – Greater Crimson Glider. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/urothemis-signata, accessed 2026/06/09.