Life Plants Magnoliophyta Magnoliophytina Magnoliopsida Capparidaceae

Foodplants for Appias albina, A. drusilla, A. epaphia, A. epaphia orbona, A. ithome, A. nero, A. paulina, Belenois calypso minor, B. crawshayi, B. java, B. margaritacea, B. raffrayi, B. subeida sylvander, B. thysa, B. victoria, Cepora iudith, C. nadina, C. nerissa, C. perimale, Colotis antevippe zera, C. celimene, C. daira, C. danae, C. elgonensis, C. eris, C. euippe, C. evagore, C. evenina, C. hetaera, C. ione, C. regina, C. rogersi, C. vesta, Dixeia doxo, D. orbona, D. spilleri, Elodina padusa, E. parthia, Hebomoia glaucippe, Leptosia lignea, L. nina, Metachrostis dardouini, Pareronia valeria, Prioneris thestylis

• Capparis spinosa L. Kapris Caper

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  Foodplant for Belenois aurota, Colotis evagore, C. evagore nouna, Pieris brassicae brassicae

• Capparis acutifolia

  Foodplant for Cepora nadina eunama, Leptosia nina niobe

• Capparis cantoniensis

  Foodplant for Cepora nerissa, Hebomoia glaucippe, Ixias pyrene

• Capparis citrifolia

  Foodplant for Belenois gidica, Colotis antevippe gavisa, C. euippe omphale, C. evagore antigone, Dixeia charina

• Capparis corymbifera

  Foodplant for Dixeia pigea, Eronia leda

• Capparis floribunda

  Foodplant for Leptosia nina niobe

• Capparis frondosa

  Foodplant for Itaballia demophile

• Capparis herbacea

  Foodplant for Belenois aurota, Colotis fausta

• Capparis heyneaena
• Capparis horrida

  Foodplant for Appias libythea

• Capparis indica

  Foodplant for Ganyra josephina, Itaballia demophile

• Capparis isthmensis

  Foodplant for Perrhybris pamela

• Capparis kikuehii

  Foodplant for Ixias pyrene

• Capparis lanceolaris

  Foodplant for Leptosia nina niobe

• Capparis lasiantha

  Foodplant for Belenois java, B. java

• Capparis micracantha

  Foodplant for Appias lyncida formosana, A. lyncida vasava, Leptosia nina niobe

• Capparis mitchelli

  Foodplant for Belenois java

• Capparis mooni

  Foodplant for Hebomoia glaucippe

• Capparis nobilis

  Foodplant for Belenois java, B. java, Elodina egnatia, Papilio aegeus

• Capparis nummularia

  Foodplant for Belenois java

• Capparis odoraatissima
• Capparis oleoides

  Foodplant for Belenois aurota, B. creona severina, Colotis antevippe gavisa, C. eris, C. euippe omphale, Pinacopteryx eriphia

• Capparis pittieri

  Foodplant for Perrhybris lypera, P. pamela

• Capparis pseudocacao

  Foodplant for Pieriballia viardi noctipennis

• Capparis roxburghii

  Foodplant for Appias libythea, A. lyncida

• Capparis sepiaria

  Foodplant for Appias libythea, Belenois aurota, Elodina angulipennis, Ixias pyrene

• Capparis sikkimensis

  Foodplant for Appias lyncida formosana, Cepora nadina eunama, Hebomoia glaucippe formosana, Leptosia nina niobe

• Capparis zeyheri

  • ?Capparis fascicularis var. zeyheri

  Foodplant for Belenois creona severina, Eronia cleodora

• Capparis zippeliana

  Foodplant for Cepora abnormis

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