Oxystelma esculentum – Rosy Milkweed Vine

Larval Host Plant

Danaus chrysippus – Plain Tiger
Danaus genutia – Striped Tiger
Euploea mulciber – Striped Blue Crow

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Other notes

References:

Menasagi, J. B. and Y. K. Kotikal. 2012. Studies on the host plants of butterflies. Asian Journal of Biological Sciences, 7(1): 18-29.

HOSTS (2023) - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/search/.

WFO (2023): World Flora Online. Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0001104832.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 24 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Rosy%20Milkweed%20Vine.html.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2024. Oxystelma esculentum (L.f.) Sm. – Rosy Milkweed Vine. 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/oxystelma-esculentum, accessed 2024/10/12.