Natural history of Large Cabbage White Pieris brassicae nepalensis Gray, 1846 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) on Nasturtium, Tropaeolum majus (Tropaeolaceae) in Uttarakhand, India

Authors

  • Bhawana Kapkoti Negi Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change, Indira Paryavan Bhawan, Jor Bagh Road, New Delhi 110003, India http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1094-9303
  • Ravindra K. Joshi G.B. Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development, Kosi-Katarmal, Almora, Uttarakhand 263643, India http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4313-4431

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.3900.10.6.11815-11817

Keywords:

Large Cabbage White, Nasturtium, natural history.

Abstract

Larval food preferences and various life cycle stages of Pieris brassicae nepalensis, a white butterfly of family pieridaewas observed onTropaeolum majus, nasturtiun, the Indian Cress an orange coloured, garden ornamental plant, in district Almora, Uttrakhand. 

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Mani, M.S. (1986). Butterflies of the Himalaya. Oxford and IBH, New Delhi, India, 181pp.

Haribal, M. (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation (SNCF), Gangtok, Sikkim, India, 217pp.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_brassicae

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Published

26-05-2018

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Vol. 10 No. 6 (2018)

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