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Gram Blue

Euchrysops cnejus

Gram Blue (Euchrysops cnejus) photographed by Devendra Bhardwaj

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Jaipur Division, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Euchrysops cnejus
Family
Lycaenidae, order Lepidoptera
Group
Insect

A tiny blue butterfly with a pea-green appetite.

  • Spot it Small, with pale blue upper wings on males and spotted undersides.
  • Home Gardens, scrub and farms.
  • Food web Caterpillars feed on pea-family plants; adults sip nectar.
  • Why it matters Pollinates flowers, and its caterpillars on pea-family plants feed ants, birds and wasps.

Read more: Euchrysops cnejus on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • RajasthanDevendra Bhardwaj has 1 verified record of this species on iNaturalist in 2025, in Jaipur Division.[20]

Sources

  1. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  3. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  4. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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