Larval Host Plant

Azanus jesous – African Babul Blue
Azanus ubaldus – Bright Babul Blue
Azanus uranus – Dull Babul Blue
Prosotas dubiosa – Tailless Lineblue
Prosotas nora – Common Lineblue
Rapala iarbus – Common Red Flash

Nectar Plant

Azanus jesous – African Babul Blue
Azanus ubaldus – Bright Babul Blue
Azanus uranus – Dull Babul Blue
Cigaritis ictis – Common Shot Silverline
Cigaritis schistacea – Plumbeous Silverline
Cigaritis vulcanus – Common Silverline
Prosotas dubiosa – Tailless Lineblue
Prosotas nora – Common Lineblue

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Acacia leucophloea (WFO, 2023).

Natural History: A small deciduous tree distributed in arid habitats of the Indomalayan region. Characterized by white bark, stipular spines; leaves with a gland between each pair of pinnae. Flowers borne in terminal paniculate heads during winter.

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 06 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001337094.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 06 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/White%20Bark%20Acacia.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N., and Bharti, S. 2026. Vachellia leucophloea (Roxb.) Maslin, Seigler & Ebinger – White Babool. 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/vachellia-leucophloea, accessed 2026/05/26.