Larval Host Plant
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Other notes
Other Name Combinations: Justicia betonica (WFO, 2022).
Natural History: A sub-shrub found in India and tropical Africa (POWO, 2022). White flowers borne on variegated white spikes (Flowers of India, 2022).
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 (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 20 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000379905.
Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 20 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Squirrel%20Tail.html. [cited as Justicia betonica]
POWO (2022): Plants of the World Online. Accessed on 20 Dec 2022. URL: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/52612-1.
Page citation
Kawthankar, N. 2024. Nicoteba betonica Lindau – Squirrel Tail. 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://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/nicoteba-betonica, accessed 2024/11/10.