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Issue: Vol. 61 No. 2: 12 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-12
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.61.2.2
Page range: 49-57
Abstract views: 103
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A note on early stages of Chersonesia risa risa (Doubleday, [1848]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from India

School of Biosciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab -147301, India
School of Biosciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab -147301, India
Society for Education and Environmental Development, Miao, Arunachal Pradesh
School of Biosciences, RIMT University, Mandi Gobindgarh, Punjab -147301, India
Butterfly Lepidoptera larval life cycle host plant Ficus Arunachal Pradesh

Abstract

The life history of Chersonesia risa risa (Doubleday, [1848]) is observed and documented from Vijaynagar (District Changlang) Arunachal Pradesh, India. The larvae of this species were observed to feed on Ficus gasparriniana Miq. var. laceratifolia (H. Lév. & Vaniot) Corner and F. gasparriniana var. esquirolii (H. Lév. & Vaniot) Corner, belonging to the family Moraceae which is herein reported as new larval host plant from India.

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