Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, [1884]) - Dingy Lineblue

Subspecies in India

No subspecies are listed under this species.

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

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh11
Arunachal Pradesh1
Assam21
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh111
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
Goa12
Gujarat
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh1
Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka24111718
Kerala612428
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra81251135121
Manipur
Meghalaya1
Mizoram11
Nagaland
Odisha1
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim21
Tamil Nadu11
Tripura1
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal11
Total141611811518201818

 

 

Terminalia catappa (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Combretaceae).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. Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Dingy Lineblue. 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/petrelaea-dana, accessed 2023/12/03.