Larval Host Plant

Charaxes bharata – Indian Nawab
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow

Nectar Plant

Ariadne merione – Common Castor
Junonia iphita – Chocolate Pansy
Cirrochroa thais – Tamil Yeoman
Cupha erymanthis – Rustic
Hypolimnas bolina – Great Eggfly
Hypolimnas misippus – Danaid Eggfly
Phalanta phalantha – Common Leopard
Parantica aglea – Glassy Tiger
Euploea core – Common Crow
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Danaus genutia – Striped Tiger
Pachliopta hector – Crimson Rose
Pachliopta aristolochiae – Common Rose
Troides minos – Sahyadri Birdwing
Graphium teredon – Narrow-banded Bluebottle
Graphium doson – Common Jay
Graphium agamemnon – Tailed Jay
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Papilio agenor – Grand Mormon
Papilio clytia – Common Mime
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Delias eucharis – Indian Jezebel
Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant
Hebomoia glaucippe – Great Orange-tip
Eurema blanda – Three-spot Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow
Rapala manea – Slate Flash
Jamides celeno – Common Cerulean
Prosotas nora – Common Lineblue
Prosotas dubiosa – Tailless Lineblue
Acytolepis puspa – Common Hedge Blue
Zesius chrysomallus – Redspot
Talicada nyseus – Red Pierrot
Hasora chromus – Common Banded Awl
Hasora badra – Common Awl
Badamia exclamationis – Brown Awl
Telicota bambusae – Dark Palm-Dart
Hasora taminatus – White-banded Awl
Iambrix salsala – Chestnut Bob
Notocrypta curvifascia – Restricted Demon
Borbo cinnara – Rice Swift
Parnara spp – Parnara Swift spp.
Suastus gremius – Oriental Palm Bob
Pelopidas conjuncta – Conjoined Swift

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Caesalpinia coriaria (WFO, 2023).

References:

Flowers of India. 2023. Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Divi%20Divi.html.

Krishna, V. A., M. P. Gopika, S. Adithyan & K. S. Aneesh. 2026. Species composition of butterflies associated with nectar feeding on Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl (Magnoliopsida: Fabales: Fabaceae). Journal of Threatened Taxa, 18:28582–28589. WFO. 2023. World Flora Online. Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000175562.

Page citation

Churi, P., N. Kawthankar, and K. Kunte. 2026. Libidibia coriaria (Jacq.) Schltdl. – Divi Divi. 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/libidibia-coriaria, accessed 2026/05/24.