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
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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 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Karnataka | 17 | 16 | 15 | 32 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 | |
| Kerala | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 10 | 41 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 16 | ||
| Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
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| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
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| Sikkim | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||
| Tripura | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 40 | 63 | 51 | 58 | 47 | 22 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 23 | 30 | 40 |
Bolusanthus sp., Butea monosperma, Butea superba, Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria sp., Flemingia strobilifera, Gliricidia sepium, Millettia peguensis, Pongamia pinnata, Pueraria phaseoloides, Saraca asoca, Tephrosia candida, Vigna cylindrica, Xylia xylocarpa (Fabaceae). Saraca asoca has been recorded as a new larval host plant by Nitin Kawthankar from Bengaluru, Karnataka in February 2023.
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.
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., M. Bhakare, and P. Churi 2025. 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 2025/06/13.