This document is under preparation, incomplete, has errors but improving :-). AshLin
Document No 1 This is an old consolidated knowledge base prepared by Ashwin Baindur for purposes of indexing and collation. Consists of a list of food and nectar plants used by Indian Papilionid butterflies. Last amended on May 27, 1996 at Virar.
This is a raw database put up for perusal of by wiki-aurelians. It will form the basis for wikipage on list of Indian food plants used by butterflies in the not so near future, besides adding value to each butterfly species wikipage.
A companion document on the Details of Foodplants used by Indian Papilionid Butterflies is also under preparation.
Please note records by Baindur do not meet Wikipedia guidelines since they are by the author & not yet published in a peer-reviewed journal (Do not delete them please).
LIST OF FOOD & NECTAR PLANTS USED BY BUTTERFLIES
edit(Note-The sequence is Plant Species Name and Reference. All plants are larval foodplants unless otherwise indicated.)
- Nepenthes species Wynter-Blyth
- Aristolochia species Wynter-Blyth
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Nepenthes species Haribal
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Aristolochia shimadai Haribal
- Aristolochia kaempferi Haribal
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Aristolochia species Wynter-Blyth
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum Gay et al
- Litsea chinensis Gay et al
- Litsea sebifera Gay et al
- Alseodaphne semicarpifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum Wynter-Blyth
- Litsea sebifera Wynter-Blyth
- Litsea tomentosa Wynter-Blyth
- Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
- Anona squamosa Gay et al
- Polyalthia longifolia Gay et al
- Miliusa tomentosa Gay et al
- Michelia champaca Gay et al
- Anona squamosa Wynter-Blyth
- Anona muriacata Wynter-Blyth
- Anona discolor Wynter-Blyth
- Anona reticulata Wynter-Blyth
- Michelia champaca Wynter-Blyth
- Polyalthia longifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Saccopetalum tomentosum Wynter-Blyth
- Saccopetalum gaultheria Wynter-Blyth
- Polyalthia longifolia Haribal
- Michelia doltospa Haribal
- Anona squamosa Haribal
- Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
- Miliusa species Haribal
- Michelia species Haribal
- Saccopetalum tomentosum Wynter-Blyth
- Anona lawii Wynter-Blyth
- Polyalthia longifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Cinnamomum species Wynter-Blyth
- Cinnamomum species Haribal
- Polyalthia longifolia Haribal
- Polyalthia species Haribal
- Trachelospermum asiaticum Haribal
- Magnolia grandiflora Haribal
- Magnolia pumila Haribal
- Hunteria zeylanica Haribal
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum Gay et al
- Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
- Machilus micrantha Wynter-Blyth
- Cinnamomum zeylanicum Wynter-Blyth
- Camphora officinalis Wynter-Blyth
- Litsea chinensis Wynter-Blyth
- Alesodaphne semicarpifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Geijera salicifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Polyalthia longifolia Haribal
- Miliusa tomentosa Haribal0
- Michelia doltospa Haribal
- and other Anonaceae species Haribal
- Lauraceae Haribal
- Aristolochia indica Gay et al
- Aristolochia indica Wynter-Blyth
- Aristolochia elegans Gay et al
- Garden var of Aristolochia Gay et al
- Aristolochia indica Haribal
- Aristolochia tagala Haribal
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Aristolochia indica Gay et al
- Aristolochia indica Wynter-Blyth
- Bragantia wallichii Wynter-Blyth
Larval Foodplants
edit- Daucus species Wynter-Blyth
- Foeniculum vulgare Wynter-Blyth
- Heracleum species Wynter-Blyth
- Cortia depressa Baindur
Nectar Resources
edit- Primula denticulata Baindur
- Arnebia benthamii Baindur
- Androsace sarmentosa Baindur
- Zanthoxylum rhetsa Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Lime Gay et al
- Cultivated Oranges Gay et al
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Gay et al
- Cultivated Citrus Wynter-Blyth
- Ruta graveolus Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Aegle marmelos Wynter-Blyth
- Murraya koenigii Wynter-Blyth
- Chloroxylon swietenia Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Lime Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Orange Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Pumelo Wynter-Blyth
- Zanthoxylum rhetsa Wynter-Blyth
- Acronychia laurifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Citrus species Wynter-Blyth
- Evodia roxburghiana Wynter-Blyth
- Zanthoxylum alatum Wynter-Blyth
- Limonia acidissima Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Lime Gay et al
- Cultivated Oranges Gay et al
- Wild Lime/Oranges Gay et al
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Gay et al
- Citrus decumana Wynter-Blyth
- Atalantia species Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
- Aegle marmelos Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Citrus Wynter-Blyth
- Citrus medica Wynter-Blyth
- Murraya koenigii Wynter-Blyth
- Zanthoxylum rhetsa Wynter-Blyth
- Cultivated Lime Gay et al
- Cultivated Oranges Gay et al
- Glycosmis pentaphylla Gay et al
- Zanthoxylum alatum Wynter-Blyth
Foodplants
edit- Saxifragaceae Haribal
- Sedum Haribal
- Saxifragaceae Haribal
Nectar Resources
edit- Aster species Haribal
- Senecio species Haribal
- Taraxacum species Haribal
- Saxifraga pulvinaria Baindur
- Primula denticulata Baindur
- Primula minutissima Baindur
Locations for Eggs
edit- Holes/cracks in ground Haribal
- Anona lawii Wynter-Blyth
- Anona elegans Wynter-Blyth
- Anona zeylanica Wynter-Blyth
- Michelia doltospa Haribal
- Anona species Haribal
- Uvaria species Haribal
- Miliusa tomentosa Gay et al
- Polyalthia cerasoides Gay et al
- Millusa tomentosum Haribal
- Polyalthia longifolia Haribal
- Saccopetalum tomentosum Wynter-Blyth
- Polyalthia longifolia Wynter-Blyth
- Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
- Michelia doltospa Haribal
- Persea oderatissima Haribal
- Daphne species(?) (Thymeliaceae) Wynter-Blyth
- Magnolia campbelli Haribal
- Aristolochia indica Gay et al
- Thottea wallichi Gay et al
- Garden var of Aristolochia Gay et al
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Aristolochia indica Wynter-Blyth
- Bragantia wallichii Wynter-Blyth
- Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
- Aristolochia tagala Haribal
- Thottea seliquoia Haribal
REFERENCES
edit- Baindur - Baindur A.N.1993.The Butterflies of Nandadevi.in Bhat V.C. et al.1993.Report of the Corps of Engineers Scientific and Ecological expedition to Nandadevi(7817m) 1993.
- Gay et al - Gay T.,Kehimkar K.,Punetha J.C.1992.Common Butterflies of India.WWF-India and OUP.Bombay.
- Haribal - Haribal M.1992.The Butterflies of Sikkim.
- Wynter-Blyth - Wynter-Blyth Col M.A.1957.Butterflies of the Indian region.BNHS pub.Bombay.