Carissa spinarum – Wild Karonda

Larval Host Plant

Euploea core – Common Crow

Nectar Plant

Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant

bn334 , bn333 , bn332

Other notes

Synonym: Carissa congesta Wight (WFO, 2022).

 

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 23 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000803913.

Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 23 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Wild%20Karanda.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Carissa spinarum L. – Wild Karonda. 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/carissa-spinarum, accessed 2024/04/26.