Borbo cinnara (Wallace)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 91

1) Borbo cinnara (Wallace) – Rice Swift ( Fig. 4D – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, Taiwan, Australia ( Evans, 1949; Varshney, Smetacek, 2015)

Occurrence and status in India: Common

Host plants of the larvae: Axonopus compressus (Sw.) P.Beauv. , Rottboellia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Clayton , Setaria barbata (Lam.) Kunth , and Urochloa mutica (Forssk.) T.Q.Nguyen ( Kalesh, Prakash, 2007)

Figures

Fig. 4. Butterflies.A.Gegenes pumilio Hoffmansegg; B. Danaus chrysippus Linnaeus; C.Chilades pandava Horsfield; D. Borbo cinnara Wallace; E. Colotis etrida Boisduval; F. Colotis amata Fabricius; G. Tarucus nara Kollar; H. Colotis vestalis Butler (Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)