Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India Arigela, Ravi Kiran Kathula, Tarun Kumar, Ramesh Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar Jeevith, S. Singh, Rajeev Kumar Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 2024 2024-06-27 9 85 108   17)  Vanessa cardui(Linnaeus)– Painted Lady ( Fig. 5G– Appendix 1) General range of occurrence: every continent except Antarcticaand South America, Australia(Bunbury, Fremantle, and Rottnest Island) ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015) Occurrence and status in India: Not-rare, migratory species to Indiaand Least Concern ( IUCN, 2023).  Hostplants of the larvae:  Althaeasp.,  Anchusasp.,  Arctotissp.,  Argemone mexicanaL.,  Argyrolobiumsp.,  Artemisia vulgarisL.,  Berkheyasp.,  Blumeasp.,  Boehmeriasp.,  Carduussp.,  Chrysanthemumsp.,  Cirsium arvense(L.) Scop.,  Cynara scolymusL.,  Cynoglossumsp.,  Debregeasia saeneb(Forssk.) Hepper & J.R.I.Wood,  Dolichossp.,  Echiumsp.,  Filagosp.,  Girardinia diversifolia(Link) Friis,  Glycinesp.,  Gnaphaliumsp.,  Helichrysumsp.,  Lablab purpureus(L.) Sweet,  Laggera alataNanth.,  Laporteasp.,  Lupinussp.,  Madiasp.,  Malvasp.,  Pentziasp.,  Phaseolussp.,  Seneciosp.,  Sonchussp.,  Tricholepissp.,  Urticasp.,  Zornia diphylla,  Z. gibbosaSpan., ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010; Nitin et al., 2018).