Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) - Dark Blue Tiger

Subspecies in India

(1) Tirumala septentrionis dravidarum (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Dakhan Dark Blue Tiger
(2) Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Oriental Dark Blue Tiger
 

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 Pradesh1421
Arunachal Pradesh21121
Assam11142
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh11
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa1
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka129102143211215752
Kerala43151348214
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra388211117123
Manipur1
Meghalaya2312
Mizoram1
Nagaland
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim12111
Tamil Nadu112414112
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand2
West Bengal32
Total101320173262381844572310
Vallaris solanacea (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Cosmostigma cordatum (Nair 2005a) , Dregea volubilis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae).
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., K. Kunte & Manoj P 2024. Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Dark Blue Tiger. 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/tirumala-septentrionis, accessed 2024/12/05.