Subspecies in India
Three other names are commonly listed as subspecies of puspa: felderi Toxopeus, 1927, cyanescens (de Nicéville, 1890), and prominens (de Nicéville, 1890). The southern Indian population is often given under the subspecies name felderi, following provisional placement by Eliot and Kawazoé (1983). However, felderi completely overlaps in phenotype with gisca, which is an older and valid name.
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 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||
| Assam | 1 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 1 | ||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 11 | 13 | 15 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 54 | 40 | 30 | ||
| Kerala | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 19 | 39 | 30 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 77 | 59 | 34 | 45 | 47 | |
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
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| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 41 | 57 | 52 | 22 | 26 | 35 | 38 | 103 | 118 | 121 | 116 | 96 |
Shorea roxburghii (Dipterocarpaceae). Cratoxylum cochinchinense, Moullava spicata, Paracalyx scariosus, Peltophorum pterocarpum, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Hiptage benghalensis, Hiptage madablota (Malpighiaceae). Bridelia retusa, Bridelia stipularis (Phyllanthaceae). Lepisanthes tetraphylla, Schleichera oleosa, Schleichera trijuga (Sapindaceae).
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
Saji, K., H. Ogale, A. Soman, P. Churi, S. Mazumder, and K. Kunte 2026. Acytolepis puspa (Horsfield, [1828]) – Common Hedge Blue. 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/index.php/acytolepis-puspa, accessed 2026/05/24.