Danaus chrysippus – Plain Tiger
Danaus genutia – Striped Tiger
Euploea core – Common Crow
Parantica sita – Chestnut Tiger
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Natural History: A non-native plant from Central and South America, now widespread in India around human habitations and dry deciduous forests, especially around rivers, lakes and other water bodies.
References:
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. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550.
HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000551246.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Scarlet%20Milkweed.html.
Kawthankar, N. and Kunte, K. 2024. Asclepias curassavica L. – Scarlet Milkweed. 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://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/asclepias-curassavica, accessed 2024/12/06.