Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) - Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species. It was given as Arhopala canaraica (Moore, 1884), the Kanara Oakblue, in older literature.
 

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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
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Assam
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Jharkhand
Karnataka22121
Kerala1712
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
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Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1921133
Terminalia paniculata (Davidson et al. 1896) (Combretaceae). Hopea (Davidson et al. 1896; Robinson et al. 2010) (Dipterocarpaceae). Syzygium salicifolium (Kalesh & Prakash 2015) (Myrtaceae).

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 2024. Arhopala alea (Hewitson, 1862) – Sahyadri Rosy Oakblue. 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/arhopala-alea, accessed 2024/12/14.