Arhopala bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) - Dusted Oakblue

Subspecies in India

(1) Arhopala bazaloides bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) – Broad-bordered Dusted Oakblue. This is also known as the Tamil Oakblue.

  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

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  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam13211
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa11
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka11121
Kerala1111
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1324111333
Hopea ponga (Bhat & Prashanth 2018) (Dipterocarpaceae).

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.

 
bq278 , bq277 , bq276 , bq275 , bq274 , bq273 , bq272 , bq271

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Arhopala bazaloides (Hewitson, 1878) – Dusted 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-bazaloides, accessed 2024/10/08.