Larval Host Plant

Catochrysops strabo – Forget-me-not
Pseudozizeeria maha – Pale Grass Blue
Zizina otis – Lesser Grass Blue

Nectar Plant

Chilades parrhasius – Small Cupid
Leptotes plinius – Zebra Blue
Tarucus nara – Striped Pierrot
Zizula hylax – Tiny Grass Blue
Eurema spp. – Grass Yellow spp.
Eurema brigitta – Small Grass Yellow

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Zizina otis – Lesser Grass Blue by Rajesh Prabhakar Mahajan from Vadodara, Gujarat in 2020.

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.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 14 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000203860.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 14 Jan 2022. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Common%20Tephrosia.html.

Page citation

Mahajan, R. P. and N. Kawthankar. 2023. Tephrosia purpurea (L.) Pers. – Common Tephrosia. 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/tephrosia-purpurea, accessed 2023/12/08.