Larval Host Plant
Nectar Plant
Celaenorrhinus leucocera – Common Spotted Flat
Iambrix salsala – Chestnut Bob
Tagiades japetus – Common Snow Flat
Tajuria cippus – Peacock Royal
Athyma inara – Colour Sergeant
Cethosia cyane – Leopard Lacewing
Euploea core – Common Crow
Euploea sylvester – Double-branded Crow
Hypolimnas bolina – Great Eggfly
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Tirumala septentrionis – Dark Blue Tiger
Graphium doson – Common Jay
Pachliopta aristolochiae – Common Rose
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow
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Other notes
Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Delias pasithoe – Red-base Jezebel by Milind Bhakare from Imphal, Manipur in 2013.
This plant has been reported as a larval host for Delias hyparete – Painted Jezebel from Taiwan (HOSTS, 2023). It might be used in India, too, but this needs confirmation.
References:
HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 20 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.
WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 20 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000492946.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 20 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Sandalwood.html.
Page citation
Bhakare, M., B. Sarkar and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Santalum album L. – Chandan, Sandalwood. 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/santalum-album, accessed 2024/04/25.