Larval Host Plant

Cephrenes acalle – Plain Palm-Dart
Erionota acroleuca – Small Palm-redeye
Erionota thrax – Palm Redeye
Erionota torus – Rounded Palm-redeye
Gangara thyrsis – Giant Redeye
Suastus gremius – Oriental Palm Bob
Suastus minuta – Small Palm Bob
Elymnias caudata – Tailed Palmfly
Elymnias hypermnestra – Common Palmfly

Other notes

Notes: Larval host plant for Amathusia phidippus (Linnaeus, 1763) – Palmking.

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(4): 11495–11550. [DOI]

Robinson, G.S., P.R. Ackery, I. Kitching, G.W. Beccaloni, and L.M. Hernández. (2023). HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum. [DOI]

Flowers of India (2023): Coconut. Accessed on: 01 Jul 2023. [URL]

WFO (2023): Cocos nucifera L. Accessed on: 01 Jul 2023. [URL]

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Cocos nucifera L. – Coconut. 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/cocos-nucifera, accessed 2024/04/27.