Senna surattensis – Glaucous Cassia

Other notes

Note: This plant was previously reported as a larval host plant for Eurema blanda – Three-spot Grass Yellow from Sri Lanka (van der Poorten and van der Poorten, 2013), Shashidharswamy Hiremath confirmed its use in India from Haveri, Karnataka in October 2021.

 

References:

van der Poorten, G. and van der Poorten, N. (2013). New and revised descriptions of the immature stages of some butterflies in Sri Lanka and their larval food plants (Lepidoptera: Pieridae). Part 1: Subfamilies Pierini (in part) and Coliadinae. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 23(1): 22-31. [pdf]

WFO (2023): Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby. Accessed on: 22 Jun 2023. [URL]

Flowers of India (2023): Glaucous Cassia. Accessed on 22 Jun 2023. [URL]

Page citation

Hiremath, S. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Senna surattensis (Burm.f.) H.S.Irwin & Barneby – Glaucous Cassia. 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-surattensis, accessed 2024/04/27.