Subspecies in India
(1) Surendra quercetorum quercetorum (Moore, [1858]) – Himalayan Common Acacia Blue
(2) Surendra quercetorum biplagiata Butler, 1883 – Dakhan Common Acacia Blue
(3) Surendra quercetorum latimargo Moore, 1879 – Andaman Common Acacia Blue
Conservation and Special status
This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.
Photo Gallery and Species Biology
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | |||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Kerala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 31 | 7 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Tripura | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 62 | 26 | 42 | 20 |
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
Saji, K., and S. Debnath 2025. Surendra quercetorum (Moore, [1858]) – Common Acacia 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/surendra-quercetorum, accessed 2025/10/30.