Larval Host Plant

Charaxes solon – Black Rajah
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow

Nectar Plant

Cethosia cyane – Leopard Lacewing
Graphium agamemnon – Tailed Jay
Graphium doson – Common Jay
Papilio clytia – Common Mime
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Delias eucharis – Indian Jezebel

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Charaxes solon – Black Rajah by Sarvadaman Shankarrao Kulkarni from Sangli, Maharashtra in 2019.
A female Eurema blanda – Three-spot Grass Yellow was recorded laying eggs on this plant by Pradeep Krishnan from Kollam, Kerala in June 2015, but the complete life cycle is yet to be recorded to confirm this as its 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-0000214363.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Peacock%20Flower.html.

Page citation

Kulkarni, S. S., Pradeep, K. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Caesalpinia pulcherrima (L.) Sw. – Peacock Flower. 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/caesalpinia-pulcherrima, accessed 2024/04/26.