Terminalia catappa – Indian Almond

Larval Host Plant

Arhopala amantes – Large Oakblue
Petrelaea dana – Dingy Lineblue
Rapala iarbus – Common Red Flash
Cigaritis lohita – Long-banded Silverline
Zesius chrysomallus – Redspot

BOI-pnb983 , BOI-pnb984 ey814 , ey813 , ey812 , ey811 , ey810 , ey809 , ey808 aw127 , aw128

Other notes

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 02 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000406800.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 02 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Almond.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Terminalia catappa L. – Indian Almond. 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/terminalia-catappa, accessed 2024/04/19.