Larval Host Plant

Anthene emolus – Common Ciliate Blue
Cheritra freja – Common Imperial
Horaga onyx – Common Onyx
Horaga viola – Brown Onyx
Rapala manea – Slate Flash
Rathinda amor – Monkey Puzzle
Euthalia aconthea – Common Baron
Euthalia anosia – Grey Baron
Euthalia phemius – White-edged Blue Baron
Symphaedra nais – Baronet

Nectar Plant

Junonia atlites – Grey Pansy
Delias eucharis – Indian Jezebel

Other notes

Notes: Chilades lajus, Spalgis epius (Lycaenidae) have also been reported but are unlikely (Nitin et al, 2022).

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.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 26 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 26 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000371248.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 26 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mango.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Mangifera indica L. – Mango. 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/mangifera-indica, accessed 2024/12/05.