Frangipani and the monarch butterfly

The last two days a monarch butterfly has been laying eggs on the frangipani tree. I have never seen that before. I have also noticed two small caterpillars on two of the leaves. They don't eat those leaves, or do they?

Karen says:
I did not see any information about monarch butterflies using the frangipani as a host plant, but it was interesting to me that the plant has a white milky, poisonous sap just like milkweed. Check out the frangipani caterpillar.

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Frangipani
by: Anonymous

We have two frangipani are several times a year the leaves get completly eaten by caterpillars. I was searching to find out if the frangipani is a milkweed but it is not included in the milkweed varieties.

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