A survey of host-plants of pieridae (Rhopalocera: lepidoptera) with some new records from Kashmir valley
2013
Qureshi, Aijaz Ahmad | Bhagat, R.C.
Butterflies are the delicate creatures known by their beauty and magnificent colours. Besides helping in pollinations, they are considered as indicator taxa. The information especially on the biology and host-plants of butterfly fauna of India including Kashmir Valley is still incomplete. Family Pieridae is a smaller family which represents 7.26% of the Indian butterfly fauna. The present paper gives information about distribution and host-plants of 26 species of butterflies of this family based on the work conducted from 2007–09 in 10 administrative districts in various habitats and previous records of Kashmir Valley. A total of 90 host-plants distributed under 66 genera and 28 families with 21 new records are reported. Information on their distribution in India including Kashmir Valley is also given.
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