Life history traits of cycad blue butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on cycad hosts in an Island ecosystem

Life history traits of cycad blue butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) on cycad hosts in an Island ecosystem

The life history traits (egg, larva, and pupa stage) of the Lycaenidae butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) observed and trapped on cycad plants are described from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI), India. The diversity of cycad host plants offered as larval food infl...

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Veröffentlicht in:Feddes repertorium 2024-03, Vol.135 (1), p.44-58
Hauptverfasser: Purti, Neelam, Singh, Lal Ji, Pandey, Arun K.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
butterfly
conservation
Conservation status
Cycadaceae
Fecundity
Food plants
herbivory
Host plants
Lepidoptera
Life history
Lycaenidae
Zamiaceae
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Zusammenfassung:The life history traits (egg, larva, and pupa stage) of the Lycaenidae butterfly, Luthrodes pandava Horsfield (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) observed and trapped on cycad plants are described from the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI), India. The diversity of cycad host plants offered as larval food influences fecundity and conservation status. Zamia furfuracea is recorded for the first time as a cycad host plant and seasonal polyphenism in the ANI, India.
ISSN:0014-8962
1522-239X
DOI:10.1002/fedr.202300001