
Subspecies in India
(1) Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Zebra Blue
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 18 | 9 | |
Kerala | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
Maharashtra | 25 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 32 | 24 | |
Manipur | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||
West Bengal | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 57 | 69 | 64 | 88 | 51 | 24 | 31 | 27 | 49 | 66 | 73 | 44 |
Abrus precatorius (K. Kunte pers. obs. 2017), Albizia lebbeck (Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Dalbergia lanceolaria (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Indigofera (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Mimosa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Sesbania bispinosa (Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Dyerophytum indicum (Kunte 2006), Plumbago (Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Plumbago auriculata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Plumbago zeylanica (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Plumbaginaceae).
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.
Page citation
Anonymous 2023. Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Zebra 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/leptotes-plinius, accessed 2023/12/08.