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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Assam | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 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 | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Kerala | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 11 | 31 | 5 | ||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
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 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 26 | 58 | 25 | 42 | 18 |
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
Saji, K., and S. Debnath 2024. 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 2024/11/09.