Arhopala abseus (Hewitson, 1862) - Aberrant Oakblue

Subspecies in India

(1) Arhopala abseus indicus Riley, 1923 – Indian Aberrant Oakblue

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Assam511
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka1
Kerala2
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya22
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim23
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total84142
Shorea robusta (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Dipterocarpaceae).

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.

 
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Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Arhopala abseus (Hewitson, 1862) – Aberrant Oakblue. 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/arhopala-abseus, accessed 2024/03/28.