Larval Host Plant

Acytolepis puspa – Common Hedge Blue
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow
Catopsilia pomona – Lemon Emigrant
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant

Other notes

Note: A female Acytolepis puspa – Common Hedge Blue was recorded laying egg on this plant by Murali Mohana M. from Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka in Jan 2021, but the complete life cycle is yet to be recorded to confirm this as its larval host.

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

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 14 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000214728.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 14 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Candle%20Bush.html.

Page citation

Murali Mohana, M. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Senna alata (L.) Roxb. – Candle Bush. 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/senna-alata, accessed 2024/10/08.