Open AccessA note on the rediscovery of the Redspot butterfly Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, 1819 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from Uttar Pradesh State, with a new larval host plant record for India
Author(s) -
P. Kumari,
Taslima Sheikh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
revista chilena de entomología/revista chilena de entomología
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0718-8994
pISSN - 0034-740X
DOI - 10.35249/rche.47.2.21.24
Subject(s) - lycaenidae , lepidoptera genitalia , uttar pradesh , butterfly , boraginaceae , host (biology) , biology , larva , zoology , botany , ecology , socioeconomics , sociology
Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, 1819 – The Redspot – is rediscovered from Varanasi area in Uttar Pradesh State after 108 years. Cordia dichotoma G. Forst, 1786 of Boraginaceae family is new addition to list of larval host plants from India.