Nacaduba hermus (C. Felder, 1860) - Pale Four-Lineblue

Subspecies in India

(1) Nacaduba hermus sidoma Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Dakhan Pale Four-Lineblue
(2) Nacaduba hermus nabo Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Assam Pale Four-Lineblue
(3) Nacaduba hermus vicania Corbet, 1938 – Nicobar Pale Four-Lineblue

  The subspecies vicania is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 

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  The subspecies vicania is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh2
Assam1
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka4312
Kerala3142
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra121
Manipur
Meghalaya211
Mizoram
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total2552415414
Entada rheedii (Wynter-Blyth 1957) (Fabaceae).
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 2024. Nacaduba hermus (C. Felder, 1860) – Pale Four-Lineblue. 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/nacaduba-hermus, accessed 2024/03/28.