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

scholarly journals Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 11780
Author(s):  
Tarun Karmakar ◽  
R. Nitin ◽  
Vivek Sarkar ◽  
Sarika Baidya ◽  
Subhajit Mazumder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Plants ◽  
Eastern Himalaya ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Biodiversity Hotspots ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Plant Associations ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Global Biodiversity ◽  
Larval Host Plants

Eastern Himalaya and northeastern India are part of two global biodiversity hotspots, yet the critical butterfly-plant associations and early stages of most butterfly species in this region are poorly recorded.  We have reported early stages and larval host plants of 78 butterfly species, some of which are rare and endemic, providing specific information on spatial and temporal details associated with these records.  These records contribute region-specific information on Indian butterflies, which may be useful in basic ecological and conservation studies in the future. 

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 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 Ornamental plantings of Arbutus unedo L. facilitate colonisations by Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) in Madrid province, central Spain

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68
Author(s):  
Juan Pablo Cancela ◽  
Sasha Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Host Plant ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Butterfly Species ◽  
Central Spain ◽  
North Central ◽  
The Past ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Juvenile Stages ◽  
Larval Host Plants

The distribution of butterfly species is limited by availability of larval host plants growing in suitable climatic conditions. The Two-tailed Pasha, Charaxesjasius (Linnaeus, 1767), is a Mediterranean butterfly with only sporadic historical records in Madrid, Spain’s most central province, where the host plant is uncommon and winters are colder than in most parts of the butterfly’s range. We show the first evidence of juvenile stages of the species in two towns of north-central Madrid and compile records of C.jasius from Madrid over the past four decades. Our results suggest that, in the absence of widespread host plants, C.jasius is using suburban ornamental plantings of its host plant to colonise a region which may be becoming more climatically suitable.

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.

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

A new genus of pollen-beetle from South Africa (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae), with discussion of the generic classification of the subfamily Meligethinae

2008 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 419-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Alessio de Biase ◽  
Paulo Audisio ◽  
Andrew Cline ◽  
Marco Trizzino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Host Plants ◽  
New Genus ◽  
Taxonomic Position ◽  
Related Genus ◽  
Pollen Beetle ◽  
Larval Host ◽  
Larval Host Plants

AbstractThe pollen-beetle Sebastiangethes anthystrixoides, n.gen., n.sp. from northern South Africa is described. The taxonomic position of Sebastiangethes, the related genus Anthystrix Kirejtshuk, 1981, as well as a relatively large assemblage of partially undescribed allied African taxa is discussed in the context of the Oriental genus Cyclogethes Kirejtshuk, 1979. An informal taxonomic assemblage named “Anthystrix-complex of genera” is here introduced. The previously unknown larval host-plants of African members of this “Anthystrix-complex of genera” are identified as dioecious trees belonging to Asteraceae within the tribe Tarchonantheae (genera Tarchonanthus and Brachylaena). Concepts of the generic and subgeneric classification of the subfamily Meligethinae also are discussed.

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