Bougainvillea glabra – Bougainvillea

Nectar Plant

Junonia almana – Peacock Pansy
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon

bs694 bs058 bs030

Other notes

Identification Keys: As per eflora of China (2023),

  1. B. glabra: bracts oblong, as long as flowers; flower tube angled.
  2. B. spectabilis: bracts ovate, longer than flowers; flower tube round.

 

References:

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 01 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000569884.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 01 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bougainvillea.html.

eFlora of China (2023). Accessed on 01 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=104374.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Bougainvillea glabra Choisy – Bougainvillea. 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/bougainvillea-glabra, accessed 2024/12/14.