Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies

Authors

  • Tarun Karmakar National Centre for Biological Sciences,Bengaluru. Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9085-4891
  • R. Nitin National Centre for Biological Sciences,Bengaluru. Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9474-7951
  • Vivek Sarkar National Centre for Biological Sciences,Bengaluru. Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • Sarika Baidya Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru. NatureMates Nature Club, Kolkata http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4345-8049
  • Subhajit Mazumder Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • V. K. Chandrasekharan Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • Rudraprasad Das Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • G.S. Girish Kumar Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4922-5182
  • Swapnil Lokhande Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • Joyce Veino Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1728-8181
  • Lightson Veino Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3822-0407
  • Rakoveine Veino Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3037-579X
  • Zeeshan Mirza Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1685-9816
  • Rajesh V. Sanap Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7058-3470
  • Bimal Sarkar Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru
  • Krushnamegh Kunte National Centre for Biological Sciences,Bengaluru. Indian Foundation for Butterflies, Bengaluru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-6118

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3169.10.6.11780-11799

Keywords:

Eastern Himalaya, Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, larval ecology, Lepidoptera

Abstract

Eastern Himalaya and northeastern India are part of two global biodiversity hotspots, yet the critical butterfly-plant associations and early stages of most butterfly species in this region are poorly recorded.  We have reported early stages and larval host plants of 78 butterfly species, some of which are rare and endemic, providing specific information on spatial and temporal details associated with these records.  These records contribute region-specific information on Indian butterflies, which may be useful in basic ecological and conservation studies in the future.

 

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26-05-2018

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