Subspecies in India
No subspecies are listed under this species. It is also known as the Malabar Spotted Flat.
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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| Kerala | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
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| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Maharashtra | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 48 | 19 | 2 | ||
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| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| West Bengal | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 51 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
Eranthemum purpurascens, Eranthemum roseum, Strobilanthes callosa, Strobilanthes ciliata (=Nilgirianthus ciliatus), Strobilanthes lanata, Strobilanthes lupulina (Acanthaceae).
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(4): 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
Anonymous 2025. Celaenorrhinus ambareesa (Moore, [1866]) – Dakhan Spotted Flat. 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/celaenorrhinus-ambareesa, accessed 2025/01/22.