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DATABASE OF FOOD PLANTS AND NECTAR RESOURCES:FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE

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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

(Note-The sequence is Plant Species Name and Reference. All plants are larval foodplants unless otherwise indicated.)

Atrophaneura philoxenus

• Nepenthes species Wynter-Blyth

Atrophaneura dasarada

• Aristolochia species Wynter-Blyth
• Aristolochia griffithi Haribal

Byasa latreillei

• Nepenthes species Haribal

Atrophaneura polyeuctes

• Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
• Aristolochia shimadai Haribal

Atrophaneura varuna

• Aristolochia kaempferi Haribal

Bhutanitis lidderdalii

• Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
• Aristolochia species Wynter-Blyth

Chilasa clytia

• 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

Chilasa agestor

• Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth

Graphium agamemnon

• 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

Graphium cloanthus

• Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
• Miliusa species Haribal
• Michelia species Haribal

Graphium doson

• 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

Graphium sarpedon

• 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

Meandrusa payeni

• Lauraceae Haribal

Pachliopta aristolochiae

• 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

Pachliopta hector

• Aristolochia indica Gay et al
• Aristolochia indica Wynter-Blyth

Pachliopta jophon

• Bragantia wallichii Wynter-Blyth

Papilio machaon

Larval Foodplants

• Daucus species Wynter-Blyth
• Foeniculum vulgare Wynter-Blyth
• Heracleum species Wynter-Blyth
• Cortia depressa Baindur

Nectar Resources

• Primula denticulata Baindur
• Arnebia benthamii Baindur
• Androsace sarmentosa Baindur

Princeps buddha

• Zanthoxylum rhetsa Wynter-Blyth

Princeps crino

• Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth

Princeps dravidarum

• Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth

Princeps demoleus

• 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

Princeps helenus

• Glycosmis pentaphylla Wynter-Blyth
• Cultivated Lime Wynter-Blyth
• Cultivated Orange Wynter-Blyth
• Cultivated Pumelo Wynter-Blyth
• Zanthoxylum rhetsa Wynter-Blyth

Princeps liomedon

• Acronychia laurifolia Wynter-Blyth

Princeps memnon

• Citrus species Wynter-Blyth

Princeps paris

• Evodia roxburghiana Wynter-Blyth

Princeps polyctor

• Zanthoxylum alatum Wynter-Blyth
• Limonia acidissima Wynter-Blyth

Princeps polymnestor

• 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

Princeps polytes

• 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

Princeps protenor

• Zanthoxylum alatum Wynter-Blyth

Parnassius hardwickei

Foodplants

• • Saxifragaceae Haribal
  • Sedum Haribal
  • Saxifragaceae Haribal

Nectar Resources

• • Aster species Haribal
  • Senecio species Haribal
  • Taraxacum species Haribal
  • Saxifraga pulvinaria Baindur
  • Primula denticulata Baindur
  • Primula minutissima Baindur

Locations for Eggs

• • Holes/cracks in ground Haribal

Pathysa antiphates

• Anona lawii Wynter-Blyth
• Anona elegans Wynter-Blyth
• Anona zeylanica Wynter-Blyth
• Michelia doltospa Haribal
• Anona species Haribal
• Uvaria species Haribal

Pathysa nomius

• Miliusa tomentosa Gay et al
• Polyalthia cerasoides Gay et al
• Millusa tomentosum Haribal
• Polyalthia longifolia Haribal
• Saccopetalum tomentosum Wynter-Blyth
• Polyalthia longifolia Wynter-Blyth

Pazala eurous

• Machilus oderatissima Wynter-Blyth
• Michelia doltospa Haribal
• Persea oderatissima Haribal

Teinopalpus imperialis

• Daphne species(?) (Thymeliaceae) Wynter-Blyth
• Magnolia campbelli Haribal

Troides aeacus

• Aristolochia indica Gay et al
• Thottea wallichi Gay et al
• Garden var of Aristolochia Gay et al
• Aristolochia griffithi Haribal

Troides minos

• Aristolochia indica Wynter-Blyth
• Bragantia wallichii Wynter-Blyth
• Aristolochia griffithi Haribal
• Aristolochia tagala Haribal
• Thottea seliquoia Haribal

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REFERENCES

• 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.