
Subspecies in India
(1) Jamides bochus bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – Indian Dark Cerulean
(2) Jamides bochus nicobaricus de Nicéville, 1890 – Nicobar Dark Cerulean
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 | 2 | ||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | ||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 11 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
Kerala | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Maharashtra | 9 | 38 | 18 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 16 | ||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||
Total | 32 | 46 | 43 | 31 | 40 | 21 | 40 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 36 |
Abrus precatorius (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Cajanus albicans (Kunte 2006), Butea monosperma (Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Phaseolus adenanthus (Bell 1918c; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Pongamia pinnata (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Saraca asoca (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Xylia xylocarpa (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Fabaceae). Heynea trijuga (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000;), Trichilia hirta (Robinson et al. 2010), Trichilia trijuga (Bell 1918a; Robinson et al. 2010) (Meliaceae). Elettaria cardamomum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Zingiberaceae). The subspecies name, Jamides celeno aelianus (Fabricius, 1793), represents infrasubspecific variation.
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.
Page citation
Saji K., M. Bhakare, and P. Churi 2023. Jamides bochus (Stoll, [1782]) – Dark Cerulean. 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/jamides-bochus, accessed 2023/02/06.