Chilades lajus (Stoll, 1780)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1012

Chilades lajus (Stoll, 1780)

Lime Blue

Figure 8E

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Tailless hindwing; underside light with numerous dark spots; among these spots, one pair of spots on each wing are joined at right angles; upperside dull purplish-blue with thin, black border in males; fe- males blackish brown with metallic blue wing bases.