BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2022
  • Volume: 19
  • Issue: 2

Host plants and butterflies at Junagadh, Gujarat, India

  • Author:
  • Vipul V. Bamaniya, Jatin V. Raval, Kamlesh J. Gadhvi
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 148 to 151

Zoology Laboratory Department of Life Sciences, Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Junagadh, Gujarat, India

Online Published on 05 July, 2022.

Abstract

Present investigation records host plants of butterflies, the survey for which was carried out from July 2019 to December 2021. Twenty-one plant species were reported as larval hosts, while thirty-two plant species were nectar hosts. The interaction of butterflies with various plant species indicated their resource utilization, which may be useful for the conservation of butterflies.

Keywords

Lepidoptera, Conservation, Host plants, Resource utilization