Capparis tenera – Soft Caper

Larval Host Plant

Cepora nerissa – Common Gull
Prioneris sita – Painted Sawtooth

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Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Cepora nerissa – Common Gull by Hemant Ogale from Sindhudurg, Maharashtra in 2011.

 

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 (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 31 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000585210.

Maurya, S., M. N. Datar and R. K. Choudhary. (2020). The Genus Capparis L. in India. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/345993350_The_Genus_Capparis_L_in_India.

Page citation

Ogale, H. and N. Kawthankar 2023. Capparis tenera Dalzell – Soft Caper. 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/capparis-tenera, accessed 2023/04/02.