Larval Host Plant

Borbo cinnara – Rice Swift
Iambrix salsala – Chestnut Bob
Oriens concinna – Sahyadri Dartlet
Oriens goloides – Smaller Dartlet
Pelopidas agna – Obscure Branded Swift
Pelopidas mathias – Small Branded Swift
Pelopidas subochracea – Large Branded Swift
Potanthus spp – Dart spp.
Taractrocera ceramas – Tawny-spotted Grass Dart
Melanitis leda – Common Evening Brown
Ypthima ceylonica – White Four-ring
Ypthima huebneri – Common Four-ring
Ypthima striata – Striated Five-ring
Ypthima ypthimoides – Palni Four-ring

Other notes

Notes: Larval host plant for Potanthus pseudomaesa – Indian Dart (Nitin et al., 2018).
This plant has been reported as a larval host for Mycalesis perseus – Common Bushbrown from Philippines (HOSTS, 2023). It might be used in India, too, but this needs confirmation.

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.

Molleman, F., S. Halali and U. Kodandaramaiah. 2020. Oviposition preference maximizes larval survival in the grass-feeding butterfly Melanitis leda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). European Journal of Entomology, 117: 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.001.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000852795.

Feedipedia (2023). Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.feedipedia.org/node/498.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Axonopus compressus P.Beauv. – Blanket Grass. 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/axonopus-compressus, accessed 2024/04/20.