Life history traits of cycad blue butterfly, <i>Luthrodes pandava</i> Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on cycad hosts in an Island ecosystem-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Life history traits of cycad blue butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on cycad hosts in an Island ecosystem

Published:2023-09-29 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0014-8962
Container-title:Feddes Repertorium
language:en
Short-container-title:Feddes Repertorium

Author:

Purti Neelam¹²,Singh Lal Ji³,Pandey Arun K.²

Affiliation:

1. Department of Environment and Forests Manglutan Range, South Andaman Forest Division Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar Islands India

2. Department of Botany Mansarovar Global University Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India

3. Botanical Survey of India ANRC Port Blair Andaman & Nicobar Islands India

Abstract

AbstractThe life history traits (egg, larva, and pupa stage) of the Lycaenidae butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) observed and trapped on cycad plants are described from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI), India. The diversity of cycad host plants offered as larval food influences fecundity and conservation status. Zamia furfuracea is recorded for the first time as a cycad host plant and seasonal polyphenism in the ANI, India.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

Plant Science,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fedr.202300001

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