Hultholia mimosoides – Hultholia

Larval Host Plant

Charaxes bharata – Indian Nawab
Eurema blanda – Three-spot Grass Yellow
Eurema hecabe – Common Grass Yellow

Nectar Plant

Cheritra freja – Common Imperial
Papilio buddha – Malabar Banded Peacock
Papilio demoleus – Lime Swallowtail
Pachliopta pandiyana – Malabar Rose
Troides minos – Sahyadri Birdwing

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Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Caesalpinia mimosoides (WFO, 2023).

 

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.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001346732.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 09 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Mimosa%20Thorn.html.

Page citation

Sarang, S. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Hultholia mimosoides (Lam.) Gagnon & G.P.Lewis – Hultholia. 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/hultholia-mimosoides, accessed 2024/07/04.