Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, [1884]) - Dingy Lineblue

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam21
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa12
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka24111618
Kerala612428
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra71151135121
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram11
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim11
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal1
Total131511711318191818

 

 

Terminalia catappa (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Combretaceae).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. Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dingy 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/petrelaea-dana, accessed 2023/06/03.