Zingiber montanum – Cassumunar Ginger

Larval Host Plant

Notocrypta curvifascia – Restricted Demon
Udaspes folus – Grass Demon

bw309 , bw308

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 16 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000617206.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 16 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Cassumunar%20Ginger.html.

Page citation

Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2023. Zingiber montanum (J.Koenig) A.Dietr. – Cassumunar Ginger. 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/zingiber-montanum, accessed 2023/10/03.