Subspecies in India
(1) Tirumala septentrionis dravidarum (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Dakhan Dark Blue Tiger
(2) Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Oriental 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
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| State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | |||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | |||||||||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | |||||||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 48 | 21 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
| Kerala | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 4 | ||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | ||||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Total | 11 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 35 | 68 | 39 | 18 | 47 | 57 | 23 | 10 |
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.
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., K. Kunte & Manoj P 2025. 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 2025/10/20.