Subspecies in India
(1) Jamides alecto eurysaces Fruhstorfer, 1915 – Himalayan Metallic Cerulean
(2) Jamides alecto fusca Evans, 1932 – Andaman Metallic Cerulean
(3) Jamides alecto kondulana Felder, 1862 – Nicobar Metallic Cerulean
Conservation and Special status
kondulana, which is often treated as a subspecies of alecto, 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 | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 3 | ||||||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||||
Assam | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | |||||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 2 | ||||
Kerala | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | ||||||
Manipur | |||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
Mizoram | |||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Tripura | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Total | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 21 | 6 |
Boesenbergia rotunda, Curcuma aeruginosa, Elettaria cardamomum, Hedychium coronarium, Zingiber zerumbet (Zingiberaceae).
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. and K. Kunte 2024. Jamides alecto (C. Felder, 1860) – Metallic 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-alecto, accessed 2024/12/14.