Mikania micrantha – Bitter Vine

Nectar Plant

Anthene lycaenina – Pointed Ciliate Blue
Graphium doson – Common Jay

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Other notes

Natural History: Highly invasive plant, attract many butterflies for nectar.

 

References:

WFO (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 28 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000062531.

Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 28 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Climbing%20Hempweed.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Mikania micrantha Kunth – Bitter Vine. 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/mikania-micrantha, accessed 2024/07/04.