Occurrence and association of the Scarce Lilacfork Lethe dura gammiei (Moore, [1892]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with Woolly-leaved Oak Quercus lanata Smith, 1819 (Fabaceae) forest in the Kumaon region of the Indian Himalaya

Authors

  • Arun P. Singh Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India.
  • Tribhuwan Singh Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3093-7238

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.5467.12.3.15387-15390

Keywords:

Quercus leucotrichophora, Quercus lanata, Lethe dura, lethe sura, Lower Western Himalayan Temperate Forests, Sino-Himalayan

Abstract

The current findings are the first site specific records of L.d.gammiei  Moore,1892 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Kumaon  region of the Himalaya and its unique association with Woolly-leaved Oak, Q.lanata Smith, 1819 over there.

Author Biographies

Arun P. Singh, Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India.

Scientist-F

Tribhuwan Singh, Entomology Branch, Forest Protection Division, Forest Research Institute (ICFRE), P.O. New Forest, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 248006, India.

Junior Project Fellow

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