Hi, Some species of Aristolochia [A.indica, A.tagala] are the foodplants of this butterfly. Regards, Neil Soares.
--- On Thu, 10/28/10, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: From: mani nair <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52197] Red ixora flowers and the Southern wing butterfly To: "Neil Soares" <[email protected]> Cc: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]>, [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 4:22 PM Thanks Dr. Neil, may I know the food plant of this butterfly? Regards, Mani. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Neil Soares <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, Nice photograph!! The Southern Birdwing [Troides minos] female is the largest among Indian butterflies. Regards, Neil Soares. --- On Thu, 10/28/10, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: From: mani nair <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [efloraofindia:52197] Red ixora flowers and the Southern wing butterfly To: "raghu ananth" <[email protected]> Cc: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 28, 2010, 3:59 PM Beautiful flower and butterfly. Which is the butterfly? Regards, Mani. On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:13 PM, raghu ananth <[email protected]> wrote: The red ixora red flowers are found blooming everywhere in the garden and the large southern wing butterflies attracted by this plant seem to abound. Haldipur, Uttara Kannada No. found : 15 Habitat: Home garden, Western ghats fringes Oct 2010 Regards Raghu
