Draft:List of Indian state butterflies

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Comment: The draft has one source listing state butterflies[1]: it only lists 3 of them though, and even then one doesn't match our article. Fram (talk) 12:53, 30 October 2024 (UTC)

State butterflies in India

India, officially the Republic of India is a country in South Asia, consisting of 28 states and eight union territories.^[1] All Indian states and some of the union territories have their own elected government and the union territories come under the jurisdiction of the Central Government. India has its own national symbols.^[2] Apart from the national symbols, the states and union territories have adopted their own seals and symbols including butterflies listed below.

States

List of Indian state butterflies
State	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	IUCN category^[5]
Andhra Pradesh	Small long-brand Bushbrown	Mycalesis igilia	Least Concern
Arunachal Pradesh	Kaiser-I-Hind	Teinopalpus imperialis
Assam	Black Tipped Archduke	Lexias dirtea dirtea
Bihar	Common-Peacock Swallowtail	Papilio bianor
Chhattisgarh	Asian-Common Redeye	Matapa aria
Goa	Malabar tree nymph	Idea malabarica	Vulnerable
Gujarat	African monarch	Danaus chrysippus	Least Concern
Haryana	Striped blue crow	Euploea mulciber	Least Concern
Himachal Pradesh	Common-Blue Apollo	Parnassius hardwickii	Vulnerable
Jharkhand	Common Evening-Brown	Melanitis leda
Karnataka	Southern Birdwing	Triodes minos
Kerala	Malabar banded peacock	Papilio buddha
Madhya Pradesh	Common Nawab butterfly	Polyura athamas
Maharashtra	Blue Mormon	Papilio polymnestor	Least Concern
Manipur	Manipur jungle queen	Stichophthalma sparta	Endangered
Meghalaya	Constable	Dichorragia nesimachus deiokes
Mizoram	Northern Jungle Queen	Stichophthalma camadeva
Nagaland	Indian Jezebel	Delias eucharis
Odisha	Blue-tiger butterfly	Tirumala limniace
Punjab	Indian fritillary	Argynnis hyperbius	Least Concern
Rajasthan	Common emigrant	Catopsilia pomona
Sikkim	Himalayan Blue Duke	Bassarona durga durga
Tamil Nadu	Tamil yeoman	Cirrochroa thais
Telangana	Painted sawtooth	Prioneris sita
Tripura	Common Birdwing	Troides helena
Uttar Pradesh	Common Silverline	Cigaritis vulcanus
Uttarakhand	Black Swallowtail Emerald	Papilio bianor polyctor
West Bengal	Common Lascar	Pantoporia hordonia	Vulnerable

Union territories

List of Indian state butterflies (Union territories)
Union territory	Common name^[3]	Binomial name^[4]	IUCN category^[5]
Andaman and Nicobar Islands	Andaman King-Crow butterfly	Euploea andamanensis	Vulnerable
Chandigarh
Delhi	Common Rose butterfly	Pachliopta aristolochiae
Lakshadweep	Blue Moon butterfly	Hypolimnas bolina
Puducherry

References

^ "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.
^ "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ a b "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ a b "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
^ a b "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

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[1] "States and Union Territories". Government of India. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

[Symbol-2] "National Symbols". Government of India. Archived from the original on 1 May 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[ENVIS-3] "State symbols of India". Government of India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[Name-4] "Scientific names". A-Z animals. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.

[IUCN-5] "IUCN redlist". IUCN. Archived from the original on 27 June 2014. Retrieved 1 May 2024.