Glochidion ellipticum – Assam Leaf-Flower

Larval Host Plant

Athyma inara – Colour Sergeant
Athyma perius – Common Sergeant

BOI-ppb500 BOI-ppa692 by479 , by478 bp623 , bp622 , bp621 bp267

Other notes

Synonym: Phyllanthus assamicus Müll.Arg. (POWO, 2023).

 

References:

Sujitha, P. C., G. Prasad and Kalesh, S. 2019. Butterflies of the Myristica swamp forests of Shendurney Wildlife Sanctuary in the southern Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 11(3): 13320–13333. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.4399.11.3.13320-13333.

POWO (2023): Plants of the World Online. Accessed on 04 Jan 2023. URL: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/349357-1.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 04 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Assam%20Leaf-Flower.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Glochidion ellipticum Wight – Assam Leaf-Flower. 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/glochidion-ellipticum, accessed 2024/04/25.