Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1010

Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)

Gram Blue

Figure 7I

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch dis- trict, 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, indus- trial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with sur- rounding wetland plants.

Identification. Tailed hindwing; underside hindwings with orange-crowned black tornal spots with metallic silver centres, one on either side; males pale violet-blue on upperside and females brown on upperside with slight blue scaling at bases of both wings.