Subspecies in India
(1) Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Zebra Blue
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 19 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 10 | |
| Kerala | 5 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| Maharashtra | 20 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 30 | 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 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| West Bengal | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 52 | 64 | 63 | 85 | 48 | 21 | 30 | 25 | 45 | 65 | 70 | 45 |
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.
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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 2023/06/05.