Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
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This species 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 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | ||||
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| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
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| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 19 |
Asystasia gangetica, Barleria terminalis, Ecbolium ligustrinum, Eranthemum roseum, Lepidagathis cuspidata, Strobilanthes angustifrons, Strobilanthes barbata, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes heyneana, Strobilanthes integrifolia, Strobilanthes ixiocephala (Acanthaceae).
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(4): 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 2025. Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Spotted Flat. 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/celaenorrhinus-leucocera, accessed 2025/10/24.