Passiflora incarnata – Krishna Kamal, Passion Flower

Other notes

Other Names: Passiflora 'Soi Fah'

 

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Cethosia cyane – Leopard Lacewing by Bimal Sarkar from Cooch Behar, West Bengal in 2014 and for Acraea terpsicore – Tawny Coster by Tushar Bhagwat from Raigad, Maharashtra in 2015.

 

References:

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 31 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 31 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001090757.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 31 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Soi%20Fah%20Passion%20Flower.html.

Page citation

Sarkar, B., T. Bhagwat and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Passiflora incarnata L. – Krishna Kamal, Passion Flower. 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/passiflora-incarnata, accessed 2024/03/28.