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Tirumala hamata
Host plants:
Mangrove Waxflower Vine, Cynanchum carnosum.
Corky Milk Vine, Secamone elliptica.
Yellow Monsoon Bells, Heterostemma acuminatum.
Also loves Heliotropes and Okinawa Spinach. The male Blue Tiger butterfly collects the pollen as it contains pheromones that make it poisonous to the birds but very attractive to the female Blue Tiger butterfly.
Habitat: Eastern tropics and Sub- tropics. Vast numbers can be seen in summer to late autumn, they like to congregate around Melaleuca and Ivory Curl tree, Buckinghamia, as they pass through on migration.
Will roost on mass in sheltered places.
Item added 2 January 2015
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