Subspecies in India
(1) Tirumala limniace exoticus (Gmélin, 1790) – Oriental Blue Tiger
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
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| 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 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Goa | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 18 | 9 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 25 | 34 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 63 | 17 | 13 | 11 | ||
| Total | 36 | 16 | 34 | 46 | 35 | 43 | 64 | 79 | 148 | 92 | 51 | 61 |
Asclepias curassavica, Calotropis, Calotropis gigantea, Calotropis procera, Cosmostigma cordatum, Heterostemma spp., Holarrhena pubescens, Hoya, Marsdenia tenacissima, Tylophora indica, Wattakaka volubilis, Vallaris solanacea (Apocynaceae). Saccharum and Saccharum officinarum (Poaceae) have also been recorded, in error.
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.
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Page citation
Saji K., A. Soman & Manoj P. 2025. Tirumala limniace (Cramer, [1775]) – Blue Tiger. 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/tirumala-limniace, accessed 2025/05/23.