Bambusa bambos – Giant Thorny Bamboo

Larval Host Plant

Baoris farri – Complete Paint-brush Swift
Caltoris canaraica – Karwar Swift
Halpe hindu – Sahyadri Banded Ace
Iambrix salsala – Chestnut Bob
Matapa aria – Common Branded Redeye
Thoressa honorei – Sahyadri Orange Ace
Lethe drypetis – Two-eyed Treebrown
Lethe europa – Bamboo Treebrown
Melanitis leda – Common Evening Brown
Melanitis phedima – Dark Evening Brown
Melanitis zitenius – Great Evening Brown
Parantirrhoea marshalli – Travancore Evening Brown

Nectar Plant

Surendra quercetorum – Common Acacia Blue
Lethe europa – Bamboo Treebrown

bz329 bz331 , bz330

Other notes

Other Name Combinations: Bambusa arundinacea (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 27 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000853060.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 27 Jan 2023. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Indian%20Thorny%20Bamboo.html.

Page citation

Churi, P. and N. Kawthankar. 2024. Bambusa bambos (L.) Voss – Giant Thorny Bamboo. 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/bambusa-bambos, accessed 2024/10/14.