Cynodon dactylon – Durva, Bermuda Grass

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Ampittia dioscorides – Bush Hopper by Dattaprasad Sawant from Sindhudurg, Maharashtra in 2015, and for Mycalesis mineus – Dark-branded Bushbrown by Sarpita Bose from South 24 Pargana, West Bengal in 2020.

 

References:

Mathew, G. and K. Soumya. 2013. Biosystematic study of the Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) fauna of Kerala, India. Entomon, 38(2): 65–96.

Molleman, F., S. Halali and U. Kodandaramaiah. 2020. Oviposition preference maximizes larval survival in the grass-feeding butterfly Melanitis leda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). European Journal of Entomology, 117: 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2020.001.

Theivaprakasham, H., H. Ramanasaran and A. Pavendhan. 2021. First record of the early immature stages of the White Four-ring Ypthima ceylonica (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), and a note on a new host plant from India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13(2): 17722–17730. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.6656.13.2.17722-17730.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000861178.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Lawn%20Grass.html.

Page citation

Sawant, D., S. Bose and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers. – Durva, Bermuda Grass. 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/cynodon-dactylon, accessed 2024/03/28.