Larval Host Plant

Euploea sylvester – Double-branded Crow

Nectar Plant

Euploea core – Common Crow
Parantica aglea – Glassy Tiger

Other notes

Notes: This plant has been recorded as a new larval host for Euploea sylvester – Double-branded Crow by Hemant Ogale from Sindhudurg, Maharashtra in 2019.

References:

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000712289.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Gurmar.html.

Page citation

Ogale, H. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Gymnema sylvestre (Retz.) R.Br. ex Sm. – Gurmar. 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://odonata.ncbs.res.in/gymnema-sylvestre, accessed 2024/07/04.