Larval Host Plant

Chilades lajus – Lime Blue
Virachola isocrates – Common Guava Blue
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Papilio memnon – Island Mormon
Papilio (agenor) polymnestor – Peninsular Great Mormon (=Blue Mormon)
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Citrus sinensis (WFO, 2023).

Natural History: Globally known as 'Orange'. Sometimes, it is confused with Mosambi or Sweet Lime (Citrus limetta), but both are different. Mosambi is green in colour whereas Narangi is orange in colour.

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.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 22 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 21 Jan 2023. URL: http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000607909.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 21 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sweet%20Orange.html.

Mabberley, D. J. 2022. A classification for edible citrus: An update, with a note on Murraya (Rutaceae). Telopea, 25: 271-284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.7751/telopea15954.

Page citation

Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Citrus × aurantium L. – Narangi, Sweet Orange. 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/citrus-aurantium, accessed 2024/10/12.