Larval Host Plant
Nectar Plant
Euploea core – Common Crow
Tirumala limniace – Blue Tiger
Parantica aglea – Glassy Tiger
Euploea sylvester – Double-branded Crow
Tirumala septentrionis – Dark Blue Tiger
Danaus genutia – Striped Tiger
Other notes
Key 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.
Samson, A., H. Bajpai, Z. Khan. 2025. Some observations on the life cycle of the Great Eggfly Hypolimnas bolina Linnaeus 1758. Bugs R All #288, In: Zoo’s Print 40(3):6–8.
WFO (2025): World Flora Online. Accessed on 12 April 2025. URL: https://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001135251.
Flowers of India (2025). Accessed on 12 April 2025. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian Soapnut.html.
Page citation
Kunte, K., and D. Mohan 2025. Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn. – Indian Soapnut or Ritha. 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://ifoundbutterflies.org/sapindus-mukorossi, accessed 2025/04/23.