Urtica dioica – Stinging Nettle

Larval Host Plant

Acraea issoria – Yellow Coster
Aglais caschmirensis – Indian Tortoiseshell
Hypolimnas bolina – Great Eggfly
Vanessa cardui – Painted Lady

cz478 ag155 bs318 , bs316 , bs315

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Aglais caschmirensis – Indian Tortoiseshell by Balakrishnan Valappil from Kullu, Himachal Pradesh in 2011.

 

References:

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 17 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 17 Jan 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000416616.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 17 Jan 2022. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Stinging%20Nettle.html.

Page citation

Balakrishnan, V. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Urtica dioica L. – Stinging Nettle. 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/urtica-dioica, accessed 2024/04/25.