Ochlandra travancorica – Travancore Reed Bamboo

Larval Host Plant

Baoris farri – Complete Paint-brush Swift
Caltoris kumara – Blank Swift
Caltoris philippina – Philippine Swift
Halpemorpha hyrtacus – White-branded Ace
Matapa aria – Common Branded Redeye
Potanthus pava – Pava Dart
Telicota bambusae – Dark Palm-Dart
Telicota colon – Pale Palm-Dart
Thoressa astigmata – Unbranded Ace
Thoressa evershedi – Travancore Tawny Ace
Thoressa honorei – Sahyadri Orange Ace
Discophora lepida – Southern Duffer
Parantirrhoea marshalli – Travancore Evening Brown
Zipaetis saitis – Banded Catseye

bt264 , bt263 af929

Other notes

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 28 Jan 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000881810.

SijiMol, K., S. A. Dev, V. B. Sreekumar. 2016. A Review of the Ecological Functions of Reed Bamboo, Genus Ochlandra in the Western Ghats of India: Implications for Sustainable Conservation. Tropical Conservation Science, 9(1): 389-407. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/194008291600900121.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Ochlandra travancorica Gamble – Travancore Reed 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/ochlandra-travancorica, accessed 2024/12/13.