Larval Host Plant

Hasora chromus – Common Banded Awl
Papilio helenus – Red Helen
Papilio chaon – Yellow Helen
Papilio paris – Paris Peacock
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Papilio protenor – Spangle
Colotis amata – Small Salmon Arab

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been reported as a larval host for Papilio castor – Common Raven, Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail and Papilio memnon – Great Mormon from Taiwan (HOSTS, 2023). It might be used in India, too, but this needs confirmation.

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.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 23 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 23 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000455337.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 23 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Orange%20Climber.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2023. Toddalia asiatica (L.) Lam. – Orange Climber. 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/toddalia-asiatica, accessed 2023/09/29.