Indian Lime Blue

Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, [1780])


Malayalam Name     

:

നാരക നീലി

Common Name

;

 Indian Lime Blue

Order 

:

Lepidoptera

Super Family            

:

Papilionoidae (Butterflies)

Family              

Lycaenidae

Sub Family

:

Polyommatinae

 DISTRIBUTION

Indo-Malayan Realm

STATUS: 

HABITAT

HABITS

IDENTIFICATION  FEATURES

Small sized butterfly with wingspan 25-30 mm.

SIMILAR SPECIES:

LARVAL HOST PLANTS

Atalantia buxifolia, A. racemosa, A. wightii, Chloroxylon swietenia, Citrus spp., C. aurantiifolia, C. limon, C. maxima, C. medica, C. sinensis, Glycosmis mauritiana, G. pentaphylla, Limonia acidissima, Naringi crenulata (Rutaceae); Tilia spp. (Malvaceae).

LIFE CYCLE

MORE  IMAGES

Male

Female







 Courtesy 
Write up:Wikipaedia
Images: TNHS

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