Nectar Plant

Borbo cinnara – Rice Swift
Papilio clytia – Common Mime
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Papilio memnon – Island Mormon
Papilio (agenor) polymnestor – Peninsular Great Mormon (=Blue Mormon)
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Troides minos – Sahyadri Birdwing
Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant
Hebomoia glaucippe – Great Orange-tip
Pareronia hippia – Indian Wanderer

Other notes

Natural History: Also known as Shoe Flower or जास्वंद.
A large ornamental, evergreen garden shrub that comes in many varieties of flower colour.

References:

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 03 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000723007.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 03 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/China%20Rose.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. and K. Kunte. 2024. Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. – China Rose, Chinese Hibiscus. 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/hibiscus-rosa-sinensis, accessed 2024/10/14.