Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) - Pea Blue

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 

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  This species is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
 
StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT111
Andhra Pradesh4123
Arunachal Pradesh121
Assam212111
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh3271512
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi8421221
Goa
Gujarat3611
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT12
Jharkhand1
Karnataka32820262268222128
Kerala664214147548
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh11721
Maharashtra20203594835813318
Manipur2
Meghalaya1
Mizoram
Nagaland1
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan11
Sikkim212
Tamil Nadu22112
Tripura111
Uttar Pradesh11112
Uttarakhand11211
West Bengal3611631113
Total745098572522112025476056
Abrus precatorius, Butea monosperma, Caesalpinia, Cajanus cajan, Crotalaria, Crotalaria capensis, Crotalaria juncea, Crotalaria micans, Crotalaria pallida, Crotalaria saltiana, Gliricidia sepium, Lablab purpureus, Lupinus, Melilotus indicus, Pisum, Pisum sativum, Pongamia pinnata, Pueraria phaseoloides, Vigna unguiculata, Xylia xylocarpa (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.

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767) – Pea 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/lampides-boeticus, accessed 2023/06/02.