Peer-reviewedCC BYJournal of Threatened Taxa
New larval host plants for a few Indian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
Abstract
The present communication reports new larval host plants for four Indian Butterflies. Based on field surveys and rearing experiments, Crateva adansonii DC., Lepidium didymum L., and Barleria cristata L. were established as larval host plants of Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793), Pieris canidia (Linnaeus, 1768), and Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) respectively; and Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre. and Bauhinia racemosa Lam. as larval host plants for Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793).
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BibTeX
@article{chaudhary2026larval,
title = {{New larval host plants for a few Indian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)}},
author = {Rajesh Chaudhary},
journal = {Journal of Threatened Taxa},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.11609/jott.9934.18.10.29952-29957},
url = {https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9934.18.10.29952-29957},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - New larval host plants for a few Indian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)
AU - Rajesh Chaudhary
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
JO - Journal of Threatened Taxa
DO - 10.11609/jott.9934.18.10.29952-29957
UR - https://doi.org/10.11609/jott.9934.18.10.29952-29957
AB - The present communication reports new larval host plants for four Indian Butterflies. Based on field surveys and rearing experiments, Crateva adansonii DC., Lepidium didymum L., and Barleria cristata L. were established as larval host plants of Belenois aurota (Fabricius, 1793), Pieris canidia (Linnaeus, 1768), and Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) respectively; and Pongamia pinnata (L.) Pierre. and Bauhinia racemosa Lam. as larval host plants for Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793).
SN - 0974-7893
SN - 0974-7907
ER -