Subspecies in India
(1) Arhopala amantes amantes (Hewitson, 1862) – Lankan Large Oakblue
(2) Arhopala amantes apella (Swinhoe, 1886) – Vindhya Large Oakblue
(3) Arhopala amantes amatrix de Nicéville, 1891 – Myanmar Large Oakblue
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 |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | |||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 6 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Kerala | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 14 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 17 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 28 | 11 | 17 | 15 | 30 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 26 |
Terminalia bellirica, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia elliptica, Terminalia paniculata (Combretaceae). Hopea jucunda, Hopea ponga, Shorea robusta, Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae). Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Lagerstroemia microcarpa, Lagerstroemia speciosa (Lythraceae). Syzygium caryophyllatum, Syzygium cumini (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.
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. Arhopala amantes (Hewitson, 1862) – Large 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-amantes, accessed 2025/05/21.