Subspecies in India
(1) Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, [1780]) – Indian Lime Blue
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
| Bihar | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 10 | 4 | |||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 33 | 15 | 24 | 15 | 32 | 16 | 6 | ||
| Kerala | 2 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Maharashtra | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 25 | 35 | 4 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||
| Tripura | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total | 31 | 21 | 24 | 34 | 65 | 62 | 78 | 70 | 90 | 94 | 82 | 37 |
Atalantia buxifolia, Atalantia racemosa, Atalantia wightii, Chloroxylon swietenia, Citrus aurantiifolia, Citrus limon, Citrus maxima, Citrus medica, Citrus sinensis, Glycosmis mauritiana, Glycosmis pentaphylla, Limonia acidissima, Naringi crenulata (Rutaceae). Tilia (Malvaceae) and Mangifera indica (Anacardiaceae) have also been reported but they are unusual larval host plants for this species.
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
Saji, K., A. Soman, S. Debnath 2025. Chilades lajus (Stoll, [1780]) – Lime 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/chilades-lajus, accessed 2025/07/26.