Larval Host Plant
Other notes
Synonym: Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem. (WFO, 2023).
Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Neptis clinia – Sullied Sailer by Abhay Soman, Aditya Kanwal, Dipendra Basu and Krushnamegh Kunte from Solan, Himachal Pradesh in 2018.
References:
HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 17 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/. [cited as Boehmeria macrophylla]
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 17 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001425974.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 17 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/False%20Nettle.html.
Page citation
Soman, A., A. Kanwal, D. Basu and K. Kunte. 2023. Boehmeria virgata subsp. macrophylla (Hornem.) Friis & Wilmot-Dear – False Nettle. 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/boehmeria-virgata-subsp-macrophylla, accessed 2023/03/29.