Subspecies in India
(1) Zizula hylax hylax (Fabricius, 1775) – Indian Tiny Grass Blue
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 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Assam | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Bihar | |||||||||||||
| Chandigarh | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |||||
| Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
| Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
| Delhi | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||
| Goa | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Gujarat | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||||
| Haryana | |||||||||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir UT | 2 | ||||||||||||
| Jharkhand | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Karnataka | 12 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 15 | |
| Kerala | 19 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | ||
| Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
| Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Maharashtra | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 18 | ||
| Manipur | |||||||||||||
| Meghalaya | |||||||||||||
| Mizoram | |||||||||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Odisha | |||||||||||||
| Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
| Punjab | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Rajasthan | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Sikkim | |||||||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| Tripura | |||||||||||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Uttarakhand | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
| West Bengal | 3 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Total | 63 | 53 | 27 | 36 | 23 | 32 | 20 | 29 | 42 | 26 | 37 | 64 |
Dipteracanthus prostratus (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Hygrophila auriculata (Kunte 2006; Robinson et al. 2010), Hygrophila ringens (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Nelsonia canescens (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010), Phaulopsis dorsiflora (Kunte 2006), Ruellia tuberosa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Ruellia tweediana (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), (Acanthaceae). Fabaceae (Robinson et al. 2010), Vicia (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Fabaceae). Lantana (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000; Robinson et al. 2010) (Verbenaceae). Tribulus terrestris (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Zygophyllaceae). Besides these plants, Poaceae (Robinson et al. 2010) has been reported for this butterfly species, which is clearly an ovipositioin error, if the plant was recorded correctly in the first place.
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 2023. Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) – Tiny Grass 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/zizula-hylax, accessed 2023/12/02.