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 Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Eastern Himalaya & NE India, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and Western Ghats 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 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 3 | ||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Paschimbanga | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 8 |
Dow, R.A. 2009. Vestalis gracilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T163667A5632782. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T163667A5632782.en.
Page citation
Sawant, D., A. Dalvi, and S. Bagchi. 2025. Vestalis gracilis Rambur, 1842 – Clear-winged Forest Glory. In (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. . Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.indianodonata.org/vestalis-gracilis, accessed 2025/11/10.