Group of insects
Butterflies of the Thar
Five families
A plain tiger photographed near Jodhpur. The study cited above does not name its butterflies, so this photo only illustrates a butterfly of the area.
Image: liam1294 · iNaturalist · CC BY 4.0 · Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 26 August 2019 · Resized
What the sources say
- RajasthanAround Jodhpur, a study recorded 26 butterflies from five families: Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae and Pieridae. It found them using Tephrosia purpurea for nectar and as a larval host plant.[10]
Sources
- Arigela RK, Kathula T, Kumar R, Deroliya PK, Jeevith S, Singh RK (2024). Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur. Studia Naturae 9(1): 85-108 (journal). Peer reviewed. Only the abstract was read.
The coloured tag before each fact shows where it was verified. A fact checked for India or the world is not assumed to hold for Rajasthan.