Lifecycle and fecula measurements of Cheritra freja (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), as relevant to the different larval stages

Authors

  • Tharaka Sudesh Priyadarshana College of Forestry, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, People’s Republic of China and Nature Explorations and Education Team, No: B-1 / G-6, De Soysapura, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3962-5465
  • Ishara Harshajith Wijewardhane Sri Lanka School of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Karapincha, Kuruwita, Sri Lanka and Nature Explorations and Education Team, No: B-1 / G-6, De Soysapura, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3587-8385

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.1991.9.3.10011-10013

Keywords:

Cheritra freja, fecula measurements, larval instars, life cycle, Sri Lanka.

Abstract

Here we present some hitherto undescribed details of the habitat, lifecycle, immature stages and a new method for finding different larval stages of Cheritra freja by analyzing the fecula measurements of various larval instars. This study should be very useful in helping researchers to find larvae and new food plants.

Author Biographies

Tharaka Sudesh Priyadarshana, College of Forestry, Guangxi University, No. 100 Daxue Road, Nanning, Guangxi 530005, People’s Republic of China and Nature Explorations and Education Team, No: B-1 / G-6, De Soysapura, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka

College of Forestry, Masters candidate

Ishara Harshajith Wijewardhane, Sri Lanka School of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Karapincha, Kuruwita, Sri Lanka and Nature Explorations and Education Team, No: B-1 / G-6, De Soysapura, Moratuwa 10400, Sri Lanka

Department of Agriculture, student

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Published

26-03-2017

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 3 (2017)

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