Other notes

Notes: This plant has been reported as a larval host for Phaedyma columella – Short-banded Sailer from Philippines (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 19 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 19 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000491589.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 19 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Java%20Olive.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Sterculia foetida L. – Java Olive. 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/sterculia-foetida, accessed 2024/04/25.