Subspecies in India
(1) Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, [1780]) – Indian Lime Blue
Conservation and Special status
The subspecies annada is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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The subspecies annada is legally protected in India under Schedule I 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 4 | ||
| Kerala | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Maharashtra | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 33 | 2 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Tripura | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 24 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 49 | 43 | 65 | 59 | 80 | 74 | 75 | 32 |
Atalantia buxifolia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Atalantia racemosa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Atalantia wightii (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Chloroxylon swietenia (Kunte 2010), Citrus (Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus aurantiifolia (Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus limon (Bell 1919a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus maxima (Robinson et al. 2010), Citrus medica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Citrus sinensis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Glycosmis mauritiana (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Glycosmis pentaphylla (Kunte 2006), Limonia acidissima (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Naringi crenulata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Rutaceae). Tilia (Robinson et al. 2010) (Malvaceae). Mangifera indica (Robinson et al. 2010) (Anacardiaceae) has also been reported but is unlikely.
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.
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Page citation
Anonymous 2022. Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780]) – Lime Blues. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/chilades-lajus, accessed 2022/08/12.