Life Plants Magnoliophyta Magnoliophytina Magnoliopsida Lauraceae

Foodplants for Antheraea assamensis, Cleora repetita, Corymica deducta, C. pryeri, Cricula trifenestrata, Oxydia vesulia, Papilio agestor shirozui, Trabala pallida

• Persea americana Miller Avokado

  Foodplant for Accinctapubes albifasciata, Archaeoprepona demophoon, Charaxes affinis, Copaxa lunula, C. semioculata, Holcocera iceryaeella, H. plagatola, Orthocomotis herbacea, Papilio menatius vulneratus, P. rutulus, Timocratica palpalis, Venada cacao, V. naranja

• Persea borbonia (L.) Spreng. SE.Virginia - Florida - Texas. See [maps] Red Bay

  • Persea carolinensis Nees.

  • Persea Borbonia; [GMBOT, 413]
  • Persea borbonica[sic?]; [IBT, 249]

  Foodplant for Papilio palamedes, P. troilus

  Foodplant as Persea carolinensis for Coleophora octagonella

  • var. pubescens (Pursh) Little from (S.Delaware - E.Virginia) - Florida - Texas Swampbay

    • Persea borbonica[sic?] var. pubescens; [IBT, 249]

    Foodplant for Papilio palamedes

• Persea pubescens (Pursh) Sarg.

  • Persea pubescens; [GMBOT, 413]
• Persea gratissima Gaertn. Tropical America. See [maps] Avocado Pear

  Foodplant for Graphium sarpedon

• Persea nanmu Oliv. China. See [maps] Nan-Mu Wood

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