Larval Host Plant

Caleta elna – Elbowed Pierrot
Castalius rosimon – Common Pierrot
Discolampa ethion – Banded Blue Pierrot
Hypolycaena erylus – Common Tit
Cigaritis vulcanus – Common Silverline
Tarucus balkanica – Little Tiger Pierrot
Tarucus callinara – Spotted Pierrot
Tarucus hazara – Dark Violet Pierrot
Tarucus indica – Transparent Pierrot
Tarucus nara – Striped Pierrot
Tarucus venosus – Veined Pierrot
Neptis jumbah – Chestnut-streaked Sailer
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail

Other notes

Note: This plant has been reported as a larval host for Leptotes plinius – Zebra Blue from Thailand (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.

Basu, D. N., P. Churi, A. Soman, A. Sengupta, M. Bhakare, S. Lokhande, S. Bhoite, B. Huertas and K. Kunte. (2019). The genus Tarucus Moore, [1881] (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in the Indian Subcontinent. Tropical Lepidoptera Research, 29(2), 87–110. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3538155.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000430322.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Ber.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Ziziphus mauritiana Lam. – Ber, Indian Jujube. 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/ziziphus-mauritiana, accessed 2024/04/25.