Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species. It is also known as the South Indian Blue Oakleaf.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
This species has been referred to as "Southern Blue Oakleaf" in some recent books. This is a slight misnomer since the species is endemic to the Western Ghats, it does not occur elsewhere in southern India.
This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
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| Haryana | |||||||||||||
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| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Kerala | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 34 | 12 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 14 | 9 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 42 | 63 | 44 | 22 | 8 | |
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| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
| West Bengal | |||||||||||||
| Total | 16 | 10 | 26 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 47 | 86 | 80 | 35 | 9 |
Pseuderanthemum malabaricum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Lepidagathis cuspidata (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Strobilanthes callosus (Bell 1910; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Robinson et al. 2010), Strobilanthes ciliata (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (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.
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
Anonymous 2024. Kallima horsfieldii (Kollar, [1844]) – Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf. 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/kallima-horsfieldii, accessed 2024/09/07.