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
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| 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 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 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 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| Kerala | 3 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 4 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||
| Maharashtra | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 18 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total | 19 | 24 | 23 | 26 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 39 | 60 | 52 | 32 |
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.
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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 2025/10/24.