Larval Host Plant
Charaxes bharata – Indian Nawab
Eurema blanda – Three-spot Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow
Nectar Plant
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Other notes
Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow by Priyanka Kumari from Mumbai, Maharashtra in 2020.
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 08 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 11 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000166389.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 11 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gulmohar.html.
Page citation
Kumari, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Delonix regia (Bojer ex Hook.) Raf. – Gulmohar, Royal Poinciana. 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/delonix-regia, accessed 2024/04/18.