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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||
| Goa | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Kerala | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 3 | |||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Maharashtra | 12 | 9 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 26 | 39 | 39 | 22 | 33 | |
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | |||||||||||||
| Odisha | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | |||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Tripura | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| West Bengal | 5 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 63 | 16 | 13 | 10 | ||
| Total | 28 | 16 | 23 | 42 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 61 | 142 | 86 | 47 | 58 |
Heterostemma spp. (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Holarrhena pubescens (Robinson et al. 2010), Asclepias curassavica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Calotropis (Sevastopulo 1938; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Robinson et al. 2010), Calotropis gigantea (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Calotropis procera (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Cosmostigma cordatum (Nair 2002), Dregea volubilis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Hoya (Moore 1890; Pant & Chatterjee 1950; Bell 1909a; Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Marsdenia tenacissima (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000), Tylophora indica (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) Vallaris solanacea (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Apocynaceae). Saccharum (Robinson et al. 2010), Saccharum officinarum (Robinson et al. 2010) (Poaceae).
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.
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Page citation
Saji K., A. Soman & Manoj P 2023. 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 2023/06/02.