
Subspecies in India
(1) Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) – Oriental Gram Blue
The subspecies cnejus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

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 | 1 | ||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 5 | ||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 1 | ||||||||||||
Daman & Diu | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 10 | |||
Kerala | 3 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Maharashtra | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 41 | 93 | 75 | 26 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 2 | ||||||||||||
Pondicherry | |||||||||||||
Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 11 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 2 | |||
Total | 18 | 13 | 7 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 57 | 38 | 104 | 163 | 116 | 58 |
Fabaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Acacia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Acacia caesia (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Butea monosperma (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Cajanus cajan (Robinson et al. 2010), Canavalia ensiformis (Robinson et al. 2010), Lablab purpureus (Robinson et al. 2010), Desmodium oojeinense (Bell 1918a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Paracalyx scariosus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Phaseolus (Robinson et al. 2010), Pisum sativum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Pueraria phaseoloides (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Vigna cylindrica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Vigna radiata (Robinson et al. 2010), Vigna trilobata (Bell 1918a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Vigna unguiculata (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae).
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.
Page citation
Saji K 2022. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) – Gram Blue. 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/euchrysops-cnejus, accessed 2022/08/11.