Hopea ponga – Thingam

Larval Host Plant

Arhopala amantes – Large Oakblue
Arhopala bazaloides – Dusted Oakblue
Arhopala centaurus – Centaur Oakblue

bq278 , bq277 , bq276 , bq275 , bq274 , bq273 , bq272 , bq271

Other notes

IUCN Red List Status: Vulnerable (IUCN, 2023).

 

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.

IUCN (2023). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Accessed on 04 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/50774892/115932809.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 04 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000724633.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 04 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ponga.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Hopea ponga (Dennst.) Mabb. – Thingam. 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/hopea-ponga, accessed 2024/04/26.