1BAM Khalsa College, Garhshankar, Hoshiarpur-144 524, Punjab, India.
2Department of Zoology, Lovely Professional University, Ludhiana, Jalandhar Road, Phagwara, Punjab, India.
3High Altitude Zoology Field Station, Zoological Survey of India, By Pass Road, Opposite Gurudwara Saproon, Solan-173 211, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Cynodon dactylon (Linnaeus) (Graminaceae) has been recorded as the larval host plant of Ypthima inica Hewitson. The gross morphology and duration of various life history stages has been recorded. The larval and oviposition behaviour has been studied in details. Nectar food plants of the adult and ontogenetic variability in larval stage has been recorded.