Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species.
Conservation and Special status
This species was legally protected in India under Schedule II of the WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, it is not listed under any schedules of the WildLife Protection (Ammendment) Act, 2022.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal, within the Indian limits.
This species is common.
This species was legally protected in India under Schedule II of the WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, it is not listed under any schedules of the WildLife Protection (Ammendment) Act, 2022.
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Assam | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 3 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Kerala | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Total | 10 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 26 | 10 | 20 |
Asystasia gangetica, Barleria terminalis, Ecbolium ligustrinum, Eranthemum roseum, Lepidagathis cuspidata, Strobilanthes angustifrons, Strobilanthes barbata, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes heyneana, Strobilanthes integrifolia, Strobilanthes ixiocephala (Acanthaceae).
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
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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(4): 11495–11550.
Page citation
Tadse, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. 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 2026/06/04.