
Subspecies in India
(1) Catochrysops strabo strabo (Fabricius, 1793) – Oriental Forget-me-not
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 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | |||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 9 | |
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 9 | 13 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 16 | ||
Kerala | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Maharashtra | 17 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 36 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 6 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
West Bengal | 8 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||
Total | 49 | 62 | 54 | 91 | 30 | 20 | 16 | 17 | 26 | 67 | 63 | 89 |
Acacia (Robinson et al. 2010), Butea monosperma (Robinson et al. 2010), Cajanus cajan (Robinson et al. 2010), Desmodium oojeinense (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Flemingia strobilifera (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Paracalyx scariosus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Pueraria phaseoloides (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Pongamia pinnata (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Tephrosia purpurea (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Vigna unguiculata (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae). Schleichera oleosa (Davidson et al. 1896; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Sapindaceae).
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
Anonymous 2023. Catochrysops strabo (Fabricius, 1793) – Forget-me-not. 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/catochrysops-strabo, accessed 2023/06/02.