Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius)

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 : 95

18) Pachliopta aristolochiae (Fabricius) – Common Rose ( Fig. 6B – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: South Asia, Southeast Asia ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015) Occurrence and status in India: It is very common almost all over the plains of India, and is not threatened as a species ( Kunte, 2000) Host plants of the larvae: Aristolochia bracteolata Lam. , A. griffithii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Duch. , A. indica L., A. tagala Cham. , Dioscorea wallichii Hook.f. , Thottea siliquosa (Lam.) Ding Hou ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010; Nitin et al., 2018).

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Fig. 6. Butterflies.A. Eurema hecabe Linnaeus.; B. Pachliopta aristolochiae Fabricius; C. Junonia lemonias Linnaeus.(Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)