| Different species of butterfly larvae feed on different plant species. More butterfly species can normally be found at places with a wide variety of plant species. Since many plants growing in urban parks are the food plants for butterfly larvae, these parks become the breeding sites for certain species of butterflies. |
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 | White Jade Orchid Tree (Michelia alba)
Fed on by larvae of Graphium agamemnon and Graphium doson |
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 | Dwarf Date Palm (Phoenix roebelenii)
Fed on by larvae of Elymnias hypermnestra and Suastus gremius |
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 | Kassod Tree (Cassia siamea)
Fed on by larvae of Catopsilia pomona |
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 | Banana Shrub (Michelia figo)
Fed on by larvae of Graphium agamemnon and Graphium doson |
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 | Camphor Tree (Cinnamomum camphora)
Fed on by larvae of Graphium sarpedon and Charaxes bernardus |
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 | Spider Tree (Crateva unilocularis)
Fed on by larvae of Hebomoia glaucippe |
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Leisure and Cultural Services Department - Butterflies in Hong Kong's urban ParksLeisure and Cultural Services Department
