Larval Host Plant

Gangara thyrsis – Giant Redeye
Parnara spp – Parnara Swift spp.
Pelopidas conjuncta – Conjoined Swift
Pelopidas mathias – Small Branded Swift
Polytremis eltola – Yellow-spot Swift
Telicota bambusae – Dark Palm-Dart
Telicota colon – Pale Palm-Dart
Melanitis leda – Common Evening Brown
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Telicota colon – Pale Palm-Dart by Deepak Naik from Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka in 2016.
This plant has been reported as a larval host for Erionota thrax – Palm Redeye, Parnara guttatus – Straight Swift, Discophora timora – Great Duffer from West Malaysia, Polytremis lubricans – Contiguous Swift from Sri Lanka and Mycalesis mineus – Dark-branded Bushbrown from Philippines (HOSTS, 2023). It might be used in India, too, but this needs confirmation.

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 28 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 28 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000896660.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 28 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sugarcane.html.

Page citation

Naik, D., P. Churi, and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Saccharum officinarum L. – Sugarcane. 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/saccharum-officinarum, accessed 2024/04/18.