Subspecies in India
(1) Jamides celeno celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – Oriental Common Cerulean
(2) Jamides celeno blairana Evans, 1925 – Andaman Common Cerulean
(3) Jamides celeno kinkurka Felder, 1862 – Car Nicobar Common Cerulean
(4) Jamides celeno nicevillei Evans, 1925 – Great Nicobar Common Cerulean
Taxonomic Information
The subspecies name, Jamides celeno aelianus (Fabricius, 1793), represents infrasubspecific variation.
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 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | |||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 2 | |||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 13 | 13 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 20 | 35 | 26 | 21 | |
| Kerala | 18 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 21 | |
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Maharashtra | 25 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 22 | 43 | 52 | 95 | 55 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| West Bengal | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 65 | 43 | 39 | 51 | 39 | 36 | 44 | 49 | 91 | 117 | 177 | 125 |
Abrus precatorius, Cajanus albicans, Butea monosperma, Phaseolus adenanthus, Pongamia pinnata, Saraca asoca, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga, Trichilia hirta, Trichilia trijuga (Meliaceae). Elettaria cardamomum (Zingiberaceae).
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., A. Soman, A. Sengupta, Manoj P., and K. Kunte. 2025. Jamides celeno (Cramer, [1775]) – Common Cerulean. 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://ifoundbutterflies.org/jamides-celeno, accessed 2025/04/24.