![](https://odonata.ncbs.res.in/sites/default/files/styles/284_265/public/83_420-194-542bd0af3a5a0-1.jpg?itok=XRbgci5S)
Subspecies in India
(1) Tirumala septentrionis dravidarum (Fruhstorfer, 1899) – Dakhan Dark Blue Tiger
(2) Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Oriental Dark Blue Tiger
(2) Tirumala septentrionis septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Oriental Dark 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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
Assam | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | |||||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | |||||||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | |||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 43 | 21 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | |
Kerala | 4 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 21 | 4 | ||||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Maharashtra | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 3 | ||||
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | |||||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Uttarakhand | 2 | ||||||||||||
West Bengal | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||
Total | 10 | 13 | 20 | 17 | 32 | 62 | 38 | 18 | 42 | 57 | 23 | 10 |
Vallaris solanacea (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae). Cosmostigma cordatum (Nair 2005a) , Dregea volubilis (Wynter-Blyth 1957; Kunte 2000) (Apocynaceae).
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.
Page citation
Saji, K., K. Kunte & Manoj P 2024. Tirumala septentrionis (Butler, 1874) – Dark 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://odonata.ncbs.res.in/tirumala-septentrionis, accessed 2024/08/20.