Larval Host Plant

Suastus gremius – Oriental Palm Bob
Elymnias hypermnestra – Common Palmfly

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Rhapis multifida (POWO, 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.

WFO (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 27 Dec 2022. URL: http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000296173.

POWO (2022): Plants of the World Online. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed on 27 Dec 2022. URL: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/669582-1.

Page citation

Churi, P. and Kawthankar, N. 2024. Rhapis humilis Blume – Slender Lady Palm. 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/rhapis-humilis, accessed 2024/04/19.