Invite Butterflies Home:

Share Earth's Bounty with Other Beings

Lets mix with other nature beings, share food and resources with the littlest of these. Birds, bees, butterflies often miss our attention but they are vital to the environment, Einstein said that if all bees and butterflies disappeared from earth humans too would perish in about four years, they are also an important indicator of climate change.

Whats needed is a few potted plants, a shady area, water bath and quiet space; thats all. If each one has ten plants it will support at least fifty creatures, earth is meant for all share. Remember that insects and caterpillars eating up your plants is good, life survives on living edible things. Be kind a few leaves/fruits/flowers lost won’t kill the plant!

Host plants on which butterflies thrive for Rajasthan, India:

Besides Tridax procumbens, other flora are: *Butea monosperma, *Terminalia Arjun, * Aegle marmelos, * Citrus limon, * Luffa cylindrical (like gourd), * Capparis sepiaria, *Anogeissus pendula, *Manilkara hexandra (Khirni) *Bauhinia recemosa (‘Bidi” leaf tree), *Acacia leucophloea, * Bauhinia racemosa, *Dalbergia latifolia, *Bridelia retusa (Kaji), *Castor Oil Plant, *Pongimia pinnata, *Buffalo Grass, *Palm Tree, *Butea monosperma, *Cassia fistula, *Cassia javanica, *Acacia family, *Salvadora persica, *Salvadora oleoidis,* Caparis brevispina, * Capparis deciduas, *Aristolochia indica (Duckweed), *Polyalthia longifolia (false Ashoka), *Murraya koenigii (Curry Leaf), *Lantana spp, *Jamaican Blue *Cockscomb Celosia spp., *wild Xenia spp., *lxora spp., *Pineapple Ananas comosus, *Custard apple Annona reticulata, *Banana, *guava, *Sapota (Sapodilla or Chikoo), *Manilkara zapotaare, etc.