Plumbago indica – Lal Chitrak, Scarlet Plumbago

Larval Host Plant

Leptotes plinius – Zebra Blue

Nectar Plant

Tajuria jehana – Plains Blue Royal
Papilio polymnestor – Blue Mormon

BOI-ppb646 ec764 , ec763 , ec762 cb352 , cb351

Other notes

References:

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 29 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001095164.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 29 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lal%20Chitrak.html.

Page citation

Mandal, M. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Plumbago indica L. – Lal Chitrak, Scarlet Plumbago. 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/plumbago-indica, accessed 2024/04/27.