Larval Host Plant

Appias libythea – Western Striped Albatross
Appias lyncida – Chocolate Albatross
Belenois aurota – Pioneer
Cepora nerissa – Common Gull
Hebomoia glaucippe – Great Orange-tip
Ixias pyrene – Yellow Orange-tip
Leptosia nina – Psyche
Pareronia hippia – Indian Wanderer
Prioneris sita – Painted Sawtooth

Other notes

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-0000585299.

Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 31 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ceylon%20Caper.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Capparis zeylanica L. – Ceylon 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-zeylanica, accessed 2024/09/10.