A first record of oviposition of Common Onyx Horaga onyx Moore, 1857 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Sri Lanka and its importance in conserving a highly threatened butterfly

A first record of oviposition of Common Onyx Horaga onyx Moore, 1857 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Sri Lanka and its importance in conserving a highly threatened butterfly

Horaga onyx (Moore 1857) commonly known as Common Onyx or Blue Onyx is one of the rarest Lycaenid butterfly species found in Sri Lanka.  Only a handful of sight records are there of this butterfly and much of the biology of this butterfly in Sri Lanka has not been studied. Here we report the first r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chathura Udayanga Herath, Pavan Bopitiya Gamage, Iroshan Rupasinghe, Moditha Hiranya Kodikara Arachchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2020-01-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
butterfly
endangered
host plant
onyx
sinharaja
Online Access:https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5443
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Summary:Horaga onyx (Moore 1857) commonly known as Common Onyx or Blue Onyx is one of the rarest Lycaenid butterfly species found in Sri Lanka.  Only a handful of sight records are there of this butterfly and much of the biology of this butterfly in Sri Lanka has not been studied. Here we report the first record of this species ovipositing in Sri Lanka and first record of its host plant, Macaranga indica.
ISSN:0974-7893
0974-7907

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