Sida rhombifolia – Mahabala, Arrowleaf Sida

Larval Host Plant

Spialia galba – Asian Grizzled Skipper
Hypolimnas bolina – Great Eggfly
Junonia lemonias – Lemon Pansy

BOI-pns763 BOI-pns764 BOI-pne212 aq624 , aq625 aq626

Other notes

Taxonomic Complex: As per Sivaranjan and Pradeep, 1994; Tambde et al. 2016; WFO, 2023 and POWO, 2023.

  1. Sida alnifolia L. = Sida rhombifolia subsp. alnifolia (L.) Ugbor.
  2. Sida rhombifolia L. = Sida rhombifolia subsp. rhombifolia L.
  3. Sida rhomboidea Roxb. = Sida rhombifolia var. rhomboidea (Roxb. ex Fleming) Mast.
  4. Sida scabrida Wight & Arn. = Sida rhombifolia var. scabrida (Wight & Arn.) Mast.

 

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 03 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000505360.

Flowers of India (2023). Accessed on 03 Feb 2023. URL: http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Jelly%20Leaf.html.

POWO (2023): Plants of the World Online. Accessed on 03 Feb 2023. URL: https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/235798-2.

Sivaranjan, V. V. and A. K. Pradeep. 1994. Taxonomy of the Sida rhombifolia (malvaceae) complex in India. Sida: Contributions to Botany, 16(1), 63–78.

Tambde, G. M., R. D. Gore and M. M. Sardesai. 2016. A synopsis of the genus Sida L.(Malvaceae) from Maharashtra, India. Taiwania, 61(3). DOI: https://doi.org/10.6165/tai.2016.61.243.

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2025. Sida rhombifolia L. – Mahabala, Arrowleaf Sida. 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/sida-rhombifolia, accessed 2025/01/22.