Larval Host Plant
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Other notes
Notes: This plant has been reported as a larval host for Borbo cinnara – Rice Swift, Telicota colon – Pale Palm-Dart from Hong Kong, Melanitis leda – Common Evening Brown from East Africa and Mycalesis gotama – Chinese Bushbrown 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 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-0000899427.
Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 28 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Palm%20Grass.html.
Page citation
Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Setaria palmifolia Stapf – Palm Grass. 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/setaria-palmifolia, accessed 2024/04/20.