Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India Author Arigela, Ravi Kiran Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur - 342014, Rajasthan, India. Author Kathula, Tarun Author Kumar, Ramesh Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur - 342014, Rajasthan, India. Author Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur - 342014, Rajasthan, India. Author Jeevith, S. The Wynter-Blyth Association, No. 7 D Plains View Garden, Tiger Hill, Coonoor, Nilgiris - 643101, Tamil Nadu, India. Author Singh, Rajeev Kumar Botanical Survey of India, Arid Zone Regional Centre, AIIMS Road, Jodhpur - 342014, Rajasthan, India. text Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 2024 2024-06-27 9 85 108 https://doi.org/10.24917/25438832.9.5 journal article 10.24917/25438832.9.5 2543-8832 16816188 16) Tirumala limniace (Cramer) – Blue Tiger ( Fig. 5D – Appendix 1) General range of occurrence: South Asia, Southeast Asia ( Varshney, Smetacek, 2015 ), Balearic Islands ( Truyols-Henares et al., 2019 ) Occurrence and status in India : Very common Host plants of the larvae: Heterostemma sp. , Holarrhena pubescens Wall. & G.Don , Asclepias curassavic a L., Calotropis sp. , Cosmostigma cordatum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida , Dregea volubilis (L.f.) Benth. ex Hook.f., Hoya sp. , Marsdenia tenacissima (Roxb.) Moon , Saccharum sp. , Tylophora indica (Burm.f.) Merr. , Vallaris solanacea Kuntze , ( Wynter-Blyth, 1957 ; Kunte, 2000 ; Nair, 2002 ; Robinson et al., 2010 ; Nitin et al., 2018 )