Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) - Zebra Blue

Subspecies in India

(1) Leptotes plinius plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – Asian Zebra Blue
 

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StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh121212
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam322111
Bihar
Chandigarh1
Chhattisgarh2586181
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi1161141121031
Goa1
Gujarat15321441
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh111
Jammu and Kashmir UT12
Jharkhand
Karnataka19212523141012141821189
Kerala51351112
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh1715522
Maharashtra29231923168567203225
Manipur11
Meghalaya
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha111
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan13
Sikkim1111
Tamil Nadu332221
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh22312
Uttarakhand112114
West Bengal55961111
Total617472905327332951687345

Abrus precatorius, Albizia lebbeck, Dalbergia lanceolaria, Indigofera spp.Indigofera suffruticosa (Paresh Churi pers. obs. 2016), Macroptilium lathyroides (Paresh Churi pers. obs. 2016), Mimosa spp.Rhynchosia minima (Rajesh Prabhakar Mahajan pers. obs. 2020), Sesbania bispinosa (Fabaceae). Dyerophytum indicum, Plumbago spp., Plumbago auriculataPlumbago indica, Plumbago zeylanica (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(4): 11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

Page citation

Saji, K, P. Churi, and R. P. Mahajan 2024. 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 2024/12/14.