Justicia neesii – Small Flowered Justicia

Larval Host Plant

Junonia iphita – Chocolate Pansy
Junonia lemonias – Lemon Pansy
Junonia orithya – Blue Pansy

Nectar Plant

Castalius rosimon – Common Pierrot
Chilades parrhasius – Small Cupid
Tarucus nara – Striped Pierrot
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow

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Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Rostellularia crinita (COL, 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.

COL (2023): Catalogue of Life. Accessed on 06 Feb 2023. URL: https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/6NHCJ.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 06 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000402007. [cited as Rostellularia crinita]

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 06 Feb 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Small%20Flowered%20Justicia.html.

eFlora of India (2023). Accessed on 06 Feb 2023. URL: https://efloraofindia.com/2011/03/10/justicia-micrantha/.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Justicia neesii Ramamoorthy – Small Flowered Justicia. 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/justicia-neesii, accessed 2024/04/26.