Belenois aurota (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 : 96

20) Belenois aurota (Fabricius) – Pioneer ( Fig. 3G – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: Sri Lanka, India, Persia and Arabia to East Africa (Sub-Saharan Africa) ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015)

Occurrence and status in India: Common, Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim at elevations below 6,000 feet (1,800 m), and through the plains to southern India; in the Nilgiris observed up to 8,000 feet (2,400 m) ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015) ;

Host plants of the larvae: Boscia sp. , Capparis sp. : C. zeylanica , C. pyrifolia and Maerua sp. ( Kunte, 2006)

Figures

Fig. 3. Butterflies. A. Junonia orithya Linnaeus; B. Azanus ubaldus Stoll; C. Zizeeria karsandra Moore; D. Azanus uranus Butler; E. Catochrysops strabo Fabricius; F. Freyeria putli Kollar; G. Belenois aurota Fabricius; H. Catopsilia pyranthe L. (Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)