Nectar Plant
Gangara thyrsis – Giant Redeye
Udaspes folus – Grass Demon
Papilio clytia – Common Mime
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant
Delias eucharis – Indian Jezebel
Ixias marianne – White Orange-tip
Hebomoia glaucippe – Great Orange-tip
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Other notes
Cultivars:
- Catharanthus roseus 'Alba' – White Periwinkle
- Catharanthus roseus 'Hybrida' – Hybrid Periwinkle
References:
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000819442.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Periwinkle.html.
Page citation
Kawthankar, N. 2024. Catharanthus roseus (L.) G.Don – Periwinkle. 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/catharanthus-roseus, accessed 2024/04/24.