Nectar Plant

Danaus chrysippus – Plain Tiger
Euploea core – Common Crow
Papilio polytes – Common Mormon
Catopsilia pyranthe – Mottled Emigrant

Other notes

Cultivars:

1. Tagetes erecta 'Orange' – Orange Marigold
2. Tagetes erecta 'Yellow' – Yellow Marigold

Page citation

Kawthankar, N. 2025. Tagetes erecta L. – Marigold. 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://ifoundbutterflies.org/tagetes-erecta, accessed 2025/04/24.