Title of article :
Reports of new larval host plants for butterflies Virachola isocrates (Fabricius, 1793) and Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) from Bankura, West Bengal, India
Author/Authors :
Mukherjee ، Kalyan Veterinary Pharmacist - State Animal Health Centre
Abstract :
This paper is reporting Evolvulus nummularius (L.) L. (Convolvulaceae) as a new larval host plant for Junonia orithya (Linnaeus) (Nymphalidae) and Syzygium samarangense (Blume) Merr. and L. M. Perry (Myrtaceae), as a new larval host plant for Virachola isocrates (Fabricius) (Lycaenidae) from Raibaghini, Bankura, West Bengal, India.
Keywords :
Evolvulus nummularius , Lepidoptera , Lycaenidae , new host plant , Nymphalidae
Journal title :
Journal of Animal Diversity
Journal title :
Journal of Animal Diversity
