Additions to known larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

Naik, Deepak; Mustak, Mohammed S.

doi:10.11609/jott.4770.12.1.15205-15207

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“…However, their ecology and host plants in particular are poorly explored, and only patchy information is available on their hosts (Karmakar et al, 2018;Kunte et al, 2021;Naik and Mustak, 2020;Naik et al, 2022;Nitin et al, 2018;Robinson et al, 2010;Sengupta et al, 2014;Tiple et al, 2011;Veenakumari et al, 1997;etc.). In this work, we provided 2589 unique butterfly-host interactions comprising 519 butterflies and their 1091 known hosts.…”

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“…The larval host data for the butterflies of India were manually curated from the literature (Karmakar et al, 2018;Kunte et al, 2021;Naik and Mustak, 2020;Naik et al, 2022;Robinson et al, 2010;Sengupta et al, 2014;Tiple et al, 2011;Veenakumari et al, 1997, etc.). For example, HOSTS -a database of the world's lepidopteran host plants (https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/hostplants/, last accessed on December 08, 2021) lists host plants for over 380 species of butterflies of India (Robinson et al, 2010).…”

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Ecological interactions: Patterns of host utilization by tropical butterflies

Naik

Bhat

Ghate

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Structural complexity of ecological networks facilitate the functional robustness of natural ecosystems. Threatened by the human actions such as habitat destruction and climate change, species may be more or less prone to ecological perturbations depending on the nature of their interactions. We examined the host network of tropical butterflies from the Indian region to see their level of interconnectedness. We manually curated larval host utilization data for 1053 butterflies of India. About 98.8% of species that occur pan-India and 90.6% of species exclusive to the Western Ghats had known hosts whereas it was only 25.9% for species exclusive to north-east India. There were 2589 unique butterfly-host interactions comprising 519 butterfly species and their 1091 known hosts. However, nearly 30% of the species had only single hosts. The Fabaceae and Poaceae were the key host families that accounted for 32.8% of the interactions. There were clear host preferences and monocots hosted disproportionately more butterfly species and interactions. Vanessa cardui had at least 39 known hosts while Ochlandra travancorica supported 19 butterfly species. There were 2693 species-pairs and 4226 interactions among 469 butterflies due to shared hosts. Many butterfly species that have relatively few/unique hosts might be vulnerable in the context of habitat destruction and climate change. This work has great relevance to the ecology and conservation of butterflies in India.

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Ecological interactions: Patterns of host utilization by tropical butterflies

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Ghate

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“…It is also known that butterfly population density can reflect the differences in the quality of food resources among different habitats (Dennis et al, 2006). Though larval host plants of butterflies of Indian butterflies are documented for over a century (Davidson & Aitken, 1890;Davidson et al, 1896), many gaps still exist which are evident from the recent surge of publications about new host plants (Karmakar et al, 2018;Nitin et al, 2018;Naik & Mustak, 2020). The state of West Bengal in eastern India is home to varied biogeographic realms with Himalaya mountain ranges and its foothills known as Dooars in the north, with the deltaic plains of the Ganga river basin and mangrove forests in the south, and the Chhotanagpur plateau in the west (Rodgers & Panwar, 1988).…”

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New larval host plants for three butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) species from Rahr region of West Bengal, India

Banerjee¹,

Singhamahapatra

Roy

2023

J. Insect Biodivers. Syst

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Centranthera tranquebarica (Spreng.) Merr. (Orobranchaceae) and Mallotus repandus (Rottler) Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) are reported as new host plants of Junonia orithya (Linnaeus, 1758) (Nymphalidae) and Rapala manea (Hewitson, 1863) (Lycaenidae) butterflies from Paschim Bardhaman district of West Bengal, India. Schleichera oleosa (Sapindaceae), a deciduous tree, is reported as new host plant of Coladenia indrani (Moore, [1866]) (Hesperiidae) from Bankura district of West Bengal, India. Defensive mechanism of Junonia orithya larva by rolling itself into a tight spiral is also observed.

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New larval host plants of Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) and Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879) from Eastern India (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Payra,

Bhatt

2024

SHILAP Revta. lepid.

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In the present communication we report Vigna stipulacea (Lam). Kuntze as a larval host plant of Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) and Caesalpinia bonduc (L.) Roxb. as a larval host plant of Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879) for the first time from the coastal areas of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal, India. The study also report new record of Vigna stipulacea for the state West Bengal.

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Additions to known larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

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Ecological interactions: Patterns of host utilization by tropical butterflies

Ecological interactions: Patterns of host utilization by tropical butterflies

New larval host plants for three butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) species from Rahr region of West Bengal, India

New larval host plants of Euchrysops cnejus (Fabricius, 1798) and Rapala manea schistacea (Moore, 1879) from Eastern India (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

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