Celaenorrhinus ambareesa – Dakhan Spotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus fusca – Dusky Spotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus leucocera – Common Spotted Flat
Celaenorrhinus putra – Restricted Spotted Flat
Junonia iphita – Chocolate Pansy
Kallima horsfieldii – Sahyadri Blue Oakleaf
Other Name Combinations: Nilgirianthus ciliatus (WFO, 2022).
Natural History: A shrub endemic to southern Western Ghats. Flowers are white with purple patches and appear in spikes. Flowering season is from December to April (Flowers of India, 2022).
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 (2022): World Flora Online. Accessed on 20 Dec 2022. URL: http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000433844.
Flowers of India (2022). Accessed on 20 Dec 2022. URL: https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Lesser%20Kurinji.html. [cited as Strobilanthes ciliatus]
Kawthankar, N. 2024. Strobilanthes ciliata T.Anderson – Lesser Kurinji. 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/strobilanthes-ciliata, accessed 2024/11/09.