Subspecies in India
(1) Amblypodia anita dina Fruhstorfer, 1907 – Indian Purple Leaf Blue
(2) Amblypodia anita gigantea (Tytler, 1926) – Manipur Purple Leaf Blue
(3) Amblypodia anita andamanica (Riley, 1922) – Andaman Purple Leaf Blue
Conservation and Special status
The subspecies kanjupkula is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is historically known only from the Manipur and Naga Hills in NE India (Antram 1924; Evans 1932; Talbot 1947). The record (BOI-bt715) published here on 19 July 2015 represents the first record of this species from Western Arunachal Pradesh.
The subspecies kanjupkula is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 | ||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 57 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 54 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 64 | 33 | 18 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 34 | 66 |
Olax imbricata (Bell 1919a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Olax scandens (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Antram, C. B. 1924. Butterflies of India. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta (Kolkata).
Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd ed. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay (Mumbai).
Evans, W. H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd ed. Bombay Natural History Society, Bombay (Mumbai).
Talbot, G. 1947. The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies, Vol. 2. Taylor and Francis, London.
Page citation
Anonymous 2024. Amblypodia anita Hewitson, 1862 – Purple Leaf Blue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/amblypodia-anita, accessed 2024/10/13.