scholarly journals Additions to Larval Host Plants of Butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 2

2015 ◽  
Vol 112 (2) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
S. Kalesh ◽  
Satya Krishna Prakash
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Larval Host Plants

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

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 15205-15207
Author(s):  
Deepak Naik ◽  
Mohammed S. Mustak
Keyword(s):  
Western Ghats ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Karnataka State ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Larval Host Plants ◽  
Southwest Part

We present an additional four new larval host plants of four butterfly species in three families from the southwest part of the Western Ghats region located in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka State.  These updated new records are in addition to the known host plants of the Western Ghats.  

scholarly journals Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 11495 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ravikanthachari Nitin ◽  
V. C. Balakrishnan ◽  
Paresh V. Churi ◽  
S. Kalesh ◽  
Satya Prakash ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Records ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspot ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Species Groups ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Larval Host Plants

We present a systematic, updated checklist of larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, a globally recognized biodiversity hotspot.  This includes recent new records, with a total of approximately 834 plant species/groups belonging to 88 families that are used by 320 butterfly species of the Western Ghats (the host plant records for 16 species are unknown).  A reverse list is also provided as a reference to plant species-wise plant-butterfly associations.  This work highlights the diversity of plant species on which the endemic and other butterfly species of the Western Ghats depend. 

scholarly journals Local- and Landscape-Level Variables Related to Poweshiek Skipperling Presence in Michigan Prairie Fens

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-390 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clint D. Pogue ◽  
Michael J. Monfils ◽  
David L. Cuthrell ◽  
Rachel A. Hackett ◽  
Riley A. Zionce ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Spatial Scales ◽  
Schizachyrium Scoparium ◽  
Suitable Habitat ◽  
Plant Biodiversity ◽  
Biologically Relevant ◽  
System Integrity ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Weedy Species ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Abstract The Poweshiek skipperling Oarisma poweshiek, Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae is a historically common prairie butterfly with a range extending throughout prairie systems of the upper midwestern United States and southern Manitoba, Canada. Rapid, range-wide declines have reduced the number of verified Poweshiek skipperling locations to one in Manitoba prairie, one in Wisconsin prairie, and four in prairie fens in Michigan. Our objective was to investigate parameter suites with the potential to be biologically relevant to Poweshiek skipperling occupancy with the goal of informing conservation efforts. At 18 prairie fens categorized as occupied (n = 9) or unoccupied (n = 9), we collected information on plant biodiversity, water chemistry, soil chemistry, site geometry, and surrounding current and historical land cover at three spatial scales. To address the complexity of these systems, we used multiresponse permutation procedures and nonmetric multidimensional scaling to explore associations between variable groups thought to be relevant to Poweshiek skipperling (conditions for suspected larval host plants, system integrity, and agricultural influence) and occupancy categories. We used indicator species analysis to understand the relationships between plant biodiversity and Poweshiek skipperling occupancy at whole- and intrafen scales. Multiresponse permutation procedures analysis suggested that conditions for suspected larval host plants differed between occupied and unoccupied prairie fens. At the whole-fen scale, we identified 14 plant species associated with Poweshiek-occupied sites, including two purported larval host plants, Muhlenbergia richardsonis and Schizachyrium scoparium. At the intrafen scale, we identified 52 species associated with unoccupied Poweshiek sites, including many weedy species and those tolerant of inundated conditions. Our results can inform the evaluation of potentially suitable habitat for introduction and reintroduction efforts.

Dario urops, a new species of badid fish from the Western Ghats, southern India (Teleostei: Percomorpha: Badidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3348 (1) ◽  
pp. 63 ◽  
Author(s):  
RALF BRITZ ◽  
ANVAR ALI ◽  
SIBY PHILIP
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Caudal Peduncle ◽  
Small Stream ◽  
Dorsal Fin ◽  
Anterior Dorsal ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species ◽  
Fin Spines

Dario urops, new species, is described from a small stream of the Barapole tributary of Valapattanam River in southern Karna-taka and from Wayanad District, Kerala. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the presence of a conspicuous blackblotch on the caudal peduncle and a horizontal suborbital stripe, by the anterior dorsal fin lappets in males not being produced beyond fin spines, and by its vertebral count.

A new species of rock-dwelling Cnemaspis Strauch, 1887 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, southern India

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4571 (3) ◽  
pp. 383
Author(s):  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Endemic Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Peninsular India ◽  
Tamil Nadu State ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
A New Species

A new species of the gekkonid genus Cnemaspis is described based on a series of nine specimens from near Sankari in Salem district, Tamil Nadu state, southern India. The new species is diagnosable by the following suite of characters: a small-sized Cnemaspis (adult snout to vent length less than 33 mm); heterogeneous dorsal pholidosis consisting of weakly keeled granular scales intermixed with large strongly keeled, conical tubercles, 9–11 rows of dorsal tubercles, 12–17 tubercles in paravertebral rows; spine-like scales absent on flank, 17–20 lamellae under digit IV of pes. Males with 4–6 femoral pores on each thigh, separated on either side by eight poreless scales from four precloacal pores; precloacal pores separated medially by a single poreless scale; two single dorsal ocelli on occiput and between forelimb insertions, two pairs of ocelli on either side just anterior and posterior to forelimb insertions. Cnemaspis agarwali sp. nov. is the fifth endemic species of Cnemaspis from peninsular India outside the Western Ghats and highlights the rich and unique diversity of this understudied region. 

Two more new Hemiphyllodactylus Bleeker, 1860 (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from Tamil Nadu, India

Zootaxa ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4729 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-265
Author(s):  
ISHAN AGARWAL ◽  
AARON M BAUER ◽  
SAUNAK PAL ◽  
ACHYUTHAN N SRIKANTHAN ◽  
AKSHAY KHANDEKAR
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Southern India ◽  
Meristic Characters ◽  
Two New Species ◽  
The Western Ghats ◽  
Nd2 Gene

Two new species of the gekkonid genus Hemiphyllodactylus are described from mountains of the Western Ghats in Tamil Nadu, southern India. Hemiphyllodactylus nilgiriensis sp. nov. and H. peninsularis sp. nov. are > 5 % divergent in the mitochondrial ND2 gene from each other and members of the H. aurantiacus complex and differ from each other and members of the H. aurantiacus complex in several meristic characters and colouration. The description of these two new species takes the number of Indian Hemiphyllodactylus to six and the number of endemic geckos from Tamil Nadu to 15. 

Larval Host Plants and Metamorphosis of Selected Butterfly Species (Rhopalocera) in La Union Botanical Garden (LUBG), San Fernando, La Union, Philippines

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ALMA E. NACUA ◽  
ALMA B. MOHAGAN ◽  
GRECEBIO JONATHAN D. ALEJANDRO
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Botanical Garden ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Life Cycles ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Ocular Micrometer ◽  
San Fernando ◽  
Line Transects ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Host plants are known to support growth of different butterfly species in the larval stage.  Butterfly larvae are characterized by being voracious eaters and host plant specific. However, information regarding larval host plants of many butterfly species remains poor in the Philippines. The paper aimed to provide information on the larval host plants of the butterflies and document some butterfly life cycles in La Union Botanical Garden, San Fernando, La Union (LUBG), Philippines. The study employed visual searching for eggs and larvae in the foliage along the 100-meter line transects established in LUBG. Larval host plants were determined when larvae feed on the plant particularly leaves or flowers. The study on the life cycle or metamorphosis of selected butterfly species utilized field observation and description using ocular micrometer under the microscope. The data revealed 66 species in 27 families of larval host plants that support 57 species in 4 families of butterflies. The results suggest that presence and abundance of larval host plants affect butterfly metamorphosis and abundance in LUBG. Keywords - Butterfly, larval host plants, metamorphosis

The coevolution of Euphydryas chalcedona butterflies and their larval host plants

Oecologia ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 56 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 330-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Williams ◽  
D. E. Lincoln ◽  
P. R. Ehrlich
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Larval Host Plants ◽  
Euphydryas Chalcedona
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