
Subspecies in India
(1) Tanaecia lepidea lepidea (Butler, 1868) – Himalayan Grey Count
(2) Tanaecia lepidea miyana (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Peninsular Grey Count
(3) Tanaecia lepidea sthavara (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Indo-Chinese Grey Count
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
(2) Tanaecia lepidea miyana (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Peninsular Grey Count
(3) Tanaecia lepidea sthavara (Fruhstorfer, 1913) – Indo-Chinese Grey Count

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 UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Assam | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Kerala | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | |
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
Maharashtra | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 18 | ||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Total | 18 | 24 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 29 | 37 | 58 | 50 | 31 |
Careya arborea (Bell 1909; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000;), Planchonia careya (Robinson et al. 2010) (Lecythidaceae). Melastoma malabathricum (Davidson & Aitken 1890; Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Melastomataceae).
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
Anonymous 2025. Tanaecia lepidea (Butler, 1868) – Grey Count. 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/tanaecia-lepidea, accessed 2025/03/16.