Larval Host Plant
Graphium agamemnon – Tailed Jay
Graphium eurypylus – Great Jay
Graphium doson – Common Jay
Graphium nomius – Spot Swordtail
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Other notes
Other Name Combinations: Polyalthia longifolia (WFO, 2022).
Natural History: This is a popular avenue plant that is planted widely in all Indian cities.
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 23 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.
WFO (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 23 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001425469.
Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 23 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ashok.html.
Page citation
Kawthankar, N. and K. Kunte. 2024. Monoon longifolium (Sonn.) B.Xue & R.M.K.Saunders – False Ashoka. 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/monoon-longifolium, accessed 2024/04/25.