Larval Host Plant

Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Papilio polymnestor – Blue Mormon
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon

Nectar Plant

Prosotas dubiosa – Tailless Lineblue
Euploea core – Common Crow
Euripus consimilis – Painted Courtesan
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Graphium doson – Common Jay
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Bergera koenigii (WFO, 2023).

Notes: This plant is not a larval host of Spalgis epius – Apefly, but sometimes the life stages of the butterfly are found on the plant, because the Apefly larvae are carnivorous and feed on mealybugs that grow on the plant.

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.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 23 Jan 2023. URL: http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001132683.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 23 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Curry%20Leaf.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Murraya koenigii (L.) Spreng. – Curry Leaf. 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/murraya-koenigii, accessed 2024/04/24.