LEPIDOPTEROUS FAUNA OF GUJARAT, INDIA

Shull (1964) Mosse (1929).

Distribution : India, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Remarks : The butterfly, popularly called 'The Common Gull', occurs in Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929). This subspecies is common in Kheda District during October, November and December (Aldrich, 1946) and throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963). Shull and nadkerny (1967) reported it from Surat and Dangs Districts. Distribution : India and Sri Lanka.
Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Common Emigrant', was recorded from Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), Surat and Dangs Districts (Shull and Nadkemy, 1967). The nominate subspecies is common in Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and abundant throughout the year having two distinct female forms, one white and the other yellow (Shull, 1963  Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The African Emigrant' occurs in Kathiawar (Masse, 1929), as common in Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Distribution : India, Burma and Sri Lanka. Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Common Grass Yellow', was reported from Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), Kathiawar (Masse, 1929) and as very common from Kheda Disuict (Aldrich, 1946). Shull (1963) referred that it is abundant throughout the year sometimes crepuscular and occasionally captured at mercury vapour lamp in Ahw8. Shull and Nadkerny (1967)  Distribution : Extreme south-east Europe' eastwards to India, Burma, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Japan, China to Asia Minor.
Remarks : The butterfly is popularly known as 'The Plain Tiger' This nominate subspecies occurs in Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), as very common in Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Remarks : The butterfly, commonly known as 'The Common Tiger' was recorded from Kachchh (Nurse, 1899) , Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), as rare in Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Remarks : The butterfly, popularly called 'The Blue Tiger', occurs in Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and is common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Common Indian Crow', was recorded from Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), Kheda Disttict (Aldrich, 1946) and as very common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Distribution : Peninsular India and Indo-gangetic plains upto the lower hills of Himalaya, and Sri Lanka. Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Tawny Coster', was recorded from Kathiawar by Mosse (1929), and from Kheda District by Aldrich (1946). Both of them them included this species in the family Nymphalidae. Aldrich (loc. cit.) remarked that this species listed to the south-west and south of Kheda, but not to the west or north. The Kheda record may, therefore, represent its north-western costal limit Shull (1963)  Distribution : India and Sri Lanka.
Remarks : The butterfly, commonly called 'The Baronet', was recorded as rare from Bhavnagar by Mosse (1929) and as common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963). Distribution : India, Burma and Sri Lanka. Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Common Sailer' was reported as rare in Kheda District by Aldrich (1946) who also remarked that it has not been recorded to the south-west of Bhavnagar, nor to the west or north of Kheda District. Remarks : The butterfly, commonly called 'The Blue Pansy' occurs in Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), and was recorded as very common in Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929), Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946) and as very common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963). It is a new record for Banas Kantha District. Remarks : The butterfly, popularly known as 'The Peacock Pansy' was recorded from Kathiawar by Mosse (1929), Khcda District by Aldrich (1946). This no~inate subspecies is common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Remarks : The butterfly, commonly known as 'The Painted Lady' occurs in Kachchh (Nurse, 1899), Kathiawar (Mosse, 1929) Kheda District (Aldrich, 1946), Surat and Dangs Districts (Shull and Nadkerny, 1967). It is found as very common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963  Remarks : The butterfly, popularly called 'The Common Cerulean' is common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963 Remarks : The butterfly, commonly known as 'The Toothed Sunbeam' was repor~ed as fairly common throughout the year in South Gujarat (Shull, 1963). Distribution : India, Sri Lanka, Burma, Siam (Thailand), malaya, Sumatra, Java, Batoe Is., Siberut, Mindoro, Celebes, Djampea, Lombok, Engano, Timor and Tenimber.

SUMMARY
The paper incorporates the account of thirty species and subspecies distributed over twenty six genera belonging to cleven falnilies of Lepidoptera from Gujarat along with their cornmon name, fore wing length and geographical distribution. Of these, eleven are new locality records from seven Districts of the Slate.