Larval Host Plant

Caleta decidia – Angled Pierrot
Caleta elna – Elbowed Pierrot
Castalius rosimon – Common Pierrot
Discolampa ethion – Banded Blue Pierrot
Cigaritis vulcanus – Common Silverline
Tarucus ananda – Dark Pierrot

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.

Karmakar, T., R. Nitin, V. Sarkar, S. Baidya, S. Mazumder, V.K. Chandrasekharan, R. Das, G.S.G. Kumar, S. Lokhande, J. Veino, L. Veino, R. Veino, Z. Mirza, R.V. Sanap, B. Sarkar and K. Kunte. 2018. Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10(6): 11780–11799. DOI: http://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3169.10.6.11780-11799.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 26 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001130884.

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

Page citation

Mandal, M. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Ziziphus oenopolia (L.) Mill. – Jackal 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-oenopolia, accessed 2024/04/26.