Chamaecrista pumila – Dwarf Cassia

Larval Host Plant

Eurema brigitta – Small Grass Yellow
Eurema laeta – Spotless Grass Yellow

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Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Eurema brigitta – Small Grass Yellow by Milind Bhakare from Satara, Maharashtra in 2012.

 

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 10 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001034165.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 10 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Dwarf%20Cassia.html.

Page citation

Bhakare, M. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Chamaecrista pumila (Lam.) V.Singh – Dwarf Cassia. 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/chamaecrista-pumila, accessed 2024/04/25.