Astragalus rhizanthus – Root-Flower Milk-Vetch

Larval Host Plant

Polyommatus spp – Meadow Blues
Colias fieldii – Dark Clouded Yellow

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Other notes

Note: An egg of Polyommatus spp – Meadow Blues and Colias fieldii – Dark Clouded Yellow were recorded on this plant by Paresh Churi from Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh in June 2017, but the complete life cycle is yet to be recorded to confirm this as the larval host.

 

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.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000189660.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Root-Flower%20Milk-Vetch.html.

eFlora of Pakistan (2023). Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=102978.

Page citation

Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Astragalus rhizanthus Benth. – Root-Flower Milk-Vetch. 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/astragalus-rhizanthus, accessed 2024/04/28.