Larval Host Plant

Castalius rosimon – Common Pierrot
Cigaritis schistacea – Plumbeous Silverline
Cigaritis vulcanus – Common Silverline
Tarucus balkanica – Little Tiger Pierrot
Tarucus hazara – Dark Violet Pierrot
Tarucus indica – Transparent Pierrot
Tarucus nara – Striped Pierrot
Tarucus venosus – Veined Pierrot

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Spindasis vulcanus – Common Silverline by Paresh Churi from South Goa in 2018.

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.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000430243.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Jhar%20Beri.html.

Page citation

Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Ziziphus nummularia (Burm.f.) Wight & Arn. – Jhar Beri, Wild 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-nummularia, accessed 2024/04/16.