Subspecies in India
(1) Discolampa ethion ethion (Westwood, [1851]) – Oriental Banded Blue Pierrot
(2) Discolampa ethion airavati (Doherty, 1886) – Nicobar Banded Blue Pierrot
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 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | |||||||
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 41 | 7 | 2 | |||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||
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| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | |||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 35 | 58 | 24 | 17 |
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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Bruna, C.D., E. Gallo & V. Sbordoni (2000). Guide to the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region, Satyridae. Part 2. Milan: Omnes Artes, 2000, 58pp.
Page citation
Saji K., Manoj P & Prashanth S. N 2025. Discolampa ethion (Westwood, [1851]) – Banded Blue Pierrot. 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/discolampa-ethion, accessed 2025/10/28.