Open Access<b>A first report of the Broad-Tail Royal <I>Creon cleobis</I> Godart, 1824 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and its host plant from Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of the southern Western Ghats, India</b>
Author(s) -
Raveendran Lekshmi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.3231.9.5.10240-10241
Subject(s) - lycaenidae , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , butterfly , host (biology) , larva , gall , ecology , zoology , botany
The lycaenid butterfly Broad-tail Royal Creon cleobis is being reported for the first time from Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve, at Peppara Wildlife Sanctuary. Adults were observed within the elevations of 1,000–1,350 m in November 2014. The eggs, larva and pupa were found on Helixanthera intermedia, an endemic parasitic plant found in the southern Western Ghats. Based on field observations and literature review, the peak occurrence of this butterfly seems to be during the months September–November.