A first report of the Broad-Tail Royal Creon cleobis Godart, 1824 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) and its host plant from Agasthyamalai Biosphere Reserve of the southern Western Ghats, India

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 intermed...

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Main Author: Raveendran Lekshmi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2017-05-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
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Online Access:https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/3231