Flacourtia indica – Governor's Plum

Larval Host Plant

Cupha erymanthis – Rustic
Phalanta phalantha – Common Leopard

Nectar Plant

Euploea core – Common Crow
Euploea sylvester – Double-branded Crow
Hypolimnas bolina – Great Eggfly
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentrionis – Dark Blue Tiger
Ypthima huebneri – Common Four-ring

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Other notes

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 05 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000925655.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 05 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Governor%27s%20Plum.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Flacourtia indica (Burm.f.) Merr. – Governor's Plum. 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/flacourtia-indica, accessed 2024/09/10.