Nice pics. The plant now belongs to Apocynaceae. Pankaj
On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 9:54 PM, mani nair <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > Sending photos of Plain tiger butterfly feeding on Scarlet Milkweed flower. > > This plant is also the food plant of the caterpillars of this butterfly. > Place : Ovalekarwadi butterfly garden, Thane Dt. Maharashtra. > Date : 12.12.10 10 a.m. > botanical name of the plant : Asclepias curassavica > family of the plant : Asclepiadaceae > Habitat of the plant : Cultivated > Regards, > Mani. -- *********************************************** "TAXONOMISTS GETTING EXTINCT AND SPECIES DATA DEFICIENT !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Research Associate Greater Kailash Sacred Landscape Project Department of Habitat Ecology Wildlife Institute of India Post Box # 18 Dehradun - 248001, India
