
Subspecies in India
(1) Euchrysops cnejus cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) – Oriental Gram Blue
The subspecies cnejus is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the 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 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 23 | 6 | ||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 1 | ||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
Haryana | 1 | ||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
Karnataka | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 10 | ||
Kerala | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||||
Maharashtra | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 55 | 106 | 88 | 28 | |
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 2 | ||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||
Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Sikkim | |||||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | ||||||||
West Bengal | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 28 | 19 | 8 | 34 | 30 | 24 | 67 | 47 | 126 | 184 | 133 | 62 |
Fabaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Acacia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Acacia caesia (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Butea monosperma (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Cajanus cajan (Robinson et al. 2010), Canavalia ensiformis (Robinson et al. 2010), Lablab purpureus (Robinson et al. 2010), Desmodium oojeinense (Bell 1918a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Paracalyx scariosus (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Phaseolus (Robinson et al. 2010), Pisum sativum (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Pueraria phaseoloides (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Vigna cylindrica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Vigna radiata (Robinson et al. 2010), Vigna trilobata (Bell 1918a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Vigna unguiculata (Robinson et al. 2010) (Fabaceae).
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 2025. Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) – Gram Blue. 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/euchrysops-cnejus, accessed 2025/02/19.