Subspecies in India
(1) Prosotas noreia hampsonii (de Nicéville, 1885) – Indian White-tipped Lineblue
Conservation and Special status
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been recorded so far in Chhattisgarh, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, and Tamil Nadu, within the Indian limits.
This species is rare overall, but locally not uncommon.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 ('WPAA').
| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
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| Assam | |||||||||||||
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| Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 1 | ||||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 6 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| Telangana | |||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 8 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 10 | 6 |
Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia lanceolaria (Fabaceae).
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, 10:11495–11550.
Page citation
Tadse, S., and K. Kunte. 2026. Prosotas noreia (R. Felder, 1868) – White-tipped Lineblue. 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/prosotas-noreia, accessed 2026/05/24.