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Nectaring Host Plant Conservation (for (for adult Bird- Family Habit status Known associated butterfly species caterpillars) ) attracting Adenanthera pavonina Alien Polyura hebe plautus + Graphium agamemnon Annona muricata Tree Alien agamemnon (Tailed Green Jay) +

Antigonon leptopus Climber Alien leptopus 'Album' Polygonaceae Climber Alien Troides helena cerberus (Common Birdwing); Pachliopta aristolochiae asteris (Common Aristolochia acuminata Aristolochiaceae Climber Alien Rose) +

Aristolochia ringens Aristolochiaceae Climber Alien Aristolochia tagala Aristolochiaceae Climber Alien chrysippus Asclepias currasavica Asclepiadaceae Shrub Alien (Plain Tiger) + Hypolimnas bolina bolina (Great Eggfly); orithya wallacei (Blue Pansy); australis (Autumn Leaf); Hypolimnas bolina jacintha gangetica Shrub Alien (Jacintha Eggfly) + + Asystasia intrusa Acanthaceae Shrub Alien

Bauhinia bidentata Fabaceae Climber Alien

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Nectaring Host Plant Plant Conservation (for (for adult Bird- Species Family Habit status Known associated butterfly species caterpillars) butterflies) attracting Shrubby Bridelia tomentosa Euphorbiaceae tree Alien Shrubby Fabaceae tree Alien + Shrubby Fabaceae tree Alien + Shrubby Brownea rosa-de-monte Fabaceae tree Alien + Buddleja asiatica Buddlejaceae Shrub Alien Buddleja davidii Buddlejaceae Shrub Alien Eurema hecabe contubernalis Caesalpinia pulcherrima Fabaceae Shrub Alien (Common Grass Yellow) + Danaus chrysippus chrysippus Calotropis gigantea Asclepiadaceae Shrub Alien (Plain Tiger) + Hypolycaena erylus teatus (Common Tit); pomona fistula Fabaceae Tree Alien pomona (Lemon Emigrant) + Cassia mimosoides Fabaceae Shrub Alien Critically *Castanopsis inermis Fagaceae Tree endangered Chilasa clytia clytia (Common Mime); Graphium sarpedon *Cinnamomum iners Lauraceae Tree Common luctiatus (Common Bluebottle) + Papilio memnon agenor (Great Citrus maxima Rutaceae Tree Alien Mormon) + Papilio demoleus malayanus Citrus spp. Rutaceae Alien (Lime Butterfly) +

Clematis aristata Ranunculaceae Climber Alien

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Nectaring Host Plant Plant Conservation (for (for adult Bird- Species Family Habit status Known associated butterfly species caterpillars) butterflies) attracting Appias libythea olferna (Striped Albatross); Pieris canidia malayana (Cabbage White); Cleome rutidosperma Capparaceae Shrub Alien Leptosia nina malayana (Psyche) + *Clerodendrum inerme Shrub Common Clerodendrum myricoides 'Ugandense' Labiatae Shrub Alien Clerodendrum wallichii Labiatae Shrub Alien Cordia cylindristachya Boraginaceae Shrub Alien anagyroides Fabaceae Shrub Alien boeticus ( Blue) + Crotalaria mucronata Fabaceae Shrub Alien *Crotalaria retusa Fabaceae Shrub Common Curcuma longa Zingiberaceae Shrub Alien folus (Grass Demon) + Parasitic Delias hyparete metarete (Painted Dendropthoe pentandra Loranthaceae shrub Alien Jezebel) + Parasitic Tajuria mantra mantra; Tajuria Dendropthoe spp. Loranthaceae shrub Alien cippus maxentius (Peacock Royal) + Duranta erecta Shrub Alien

*Fagraea fragrans Loganiaceae Tree Common + Gardenia gjellerupii Rubiaceae Shrub Alien Doleschallia bisaltide australis pictum Alien (Autumn Leaf) + Hamelia patens Rubiaceae Shrub Alien Parantica agleoides agleoides (Dark Glassy Tiger); Ideopsis vulgaris macrina (Blue Glassy Hoya spp. Asclepiadaceae Climber Alien Tiger) + *Ixora congesta Rubiaceae Shrub Common +

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Nectaring Host Plant Plant Conservation (for (for adult Bird- Species Family Habit status Known associated butterfly species caterpillars) butterflies) attracting Lebadea martha parkeri (Knight); Ixora spp. (big-leaf Hypolycaena erylus teatus varieties) Rubiaceae Shrub Alien (Common Tit) + + camara Verbenaceae Shrub Alien Zizula hylax pygmea + + Lespedeza bicolor Fabaceae Shrub Alien Scrophulariacea Junonia almana javana (Peacock Lindernia sessiflora e Shrub Alien Pansy) + Mandevilla sanderi Apocynaceae Climber Alien Tanaecia iapis puseda (Horsfield's *Melastoma malabathricum Melastomaceae Shrub Common Baron) + + + Graphium agamemnon Michelia spp. Magnoliaceae Tree Alien agamemnon (Tailed Jay) + Papilio polytes romulus (Common Murraya koenigii Rutaceae Shrub Alien Mormon) + Norantea guianensis Marcgraviaceae Climber Alien vivarna amisena ( falcataria Fabaceae Tree Alien Blue) + Euploea crameri bremeri (Spotted Parsonsia helicandra Apocynaceae Tree Alien Black Crow) + cyane (Leopard Lacewing); Acraea violae (Tawny foetida Passifloraceae Climber Alien Coster) + Psophocarpus Neptis hylas papaja (Common tetragonolobus Fabaceae Climber Alien Sailor) + Phaedyma columella singa (Short Pterocarpus indicus Fabaceae Tree Alien Banded Sailor) + Radermachera 'Kunming' Bignoniaceae Shrub Alien Rondeletia leucophylla Rubiaceae Shrub Alien Ruellia repens Acanthaceae Shrub Alien Junonia almana javana (Peacock + +

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Nectaring Host Plant Plant Conservation (for (for adult Bird- Species Family Habit status Known associated butterfly species caterpillars) butterflies) attracting Pansy) Phalantha phalantha phalantha Salix babylonica Salicaceae Tree Alien (Leopard) + Catopsilia pyranthe pyranthe alata Fabaceae Shrub Alien (Mottled Emigrant) + Catopsilia scylla cornelia (Orange Senna biflora Fabaceae Shrub Alien Emigrant) + + Eooxylides tharis distanti (Branded Imperial); Loxura *Smilax bracteata Smilaceae Climber Common atymnus fuconius (Yamfly) Stachytarpheta indica Verbenaceae Shrub Alien Moduza procris milonia Timonius walichinus Alien (Commander) Tridax procumbens Compositae Shrub Alien genutia (Common Tylophora tenius Asclepiadaceae Shrub Alien Tiger) *Wollastonia biflora Fabaceae Shrub Common

Acknowledgement: Thanks to Khew Sin Khoon for providing us with updated information. Butterflies of , http://www.butterflycircle.blogspot.com.

References: Boo, C.M., Omar-Hor & Ou-Yang, C.L. (2006) 1001 Garden Plants in Singapore (2nd ed). Singapore: National Parks Board

Nature Society Butterfly Interest Group. http://butterflysingapore.nss.org.sg/.

Last updated: May 2009

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