Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) - Common Spotted Flat

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

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  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh2
Arunachal Pradesh41111
Assam12
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh22
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa3
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka2
Kerala311415710110
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra664139644
Manipur
Meghalaya1121
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu2
Tripura11
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand1
West Bengal1112
Total10996336181825917
Asystasia gangetica (Kunte 2006), Ecbolium ligustrinum (Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Eranthemum roseum (Davidson et al. 1897; Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Nilgirianthus barbatus (Kunte 2006), Nilgirianthus heyneanus (Kunte 2006), Strobilanthes angustifrons (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Strobilanthes callosus (Bell 1923a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Strobilanthes ciliata (Kalesh & Prakash 2015), Strobilanthes integrifolia(P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Thelepaepale ixiocephala (Kunte 2006) (Acanthaceae).

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 2023. Celaenorrhinus leucocera (Kollar, [1844]) – Common Spotted Flat. 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/celaenorrhinus-leucocera, accessed 2023/09/26.