Subspecies in India
(1) Eurema laeta laeta (Boisduval, 1836) – Indian Spotless Grass Yellow
(2) Eurema laeta sikkima Moore, 1906 – Sikkim Spotless Grass Yellow
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Haryana | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Karnataka | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 10 | |
| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 13 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 37 | 20 | 11 | |
| Manipur | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 27 | 9 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 40 | 65 | 37 | 30 |
Cassia fistula, Chamaecrista pumila (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(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 2024. Eurema laeta (Boisduval, 1836) – Spotless Grass Yellow. 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/eurema-laeta, accessed 2024/04/20.