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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doaj-f66c2bcae367430c9b81ed8c424b83dd2020-11-25T02:07:01ZengWildlife Information Liaison Development SocietyJournal of Threatened Taxa0974-78930974-79072020-01-01121152011520410.11609/jott.5443.12.1.15201-152045443A 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 butterflyChathura Udayanga Herath0Pavan Bopitiya Gamage1Iroshan Rupasinghe2Moditha Hiranya Kodikara Arachchi3Sandanangama, Dunkannawa, Sri Lanka. Meemanage Watta, Godagama, Matara, Sri Lanka.110/D, “Ramani”, Deniyaya Road, Kotapola, Sri Lanka.42M, Mahaweli Housing Complex, Pallekele, Sri Lanka. 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.https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/5443butterflyendangeredhost plantonyxsinharaja |
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Chathura Udayanga Herath Pavan Bopitiya Gamage Iroshan Rupasinghe Moditha Hiranya Kodikara Arachchi 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 Journal of Threatened Taxa butterfly endangered host plant onyx sinharaja |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Journal of Threatened Taxa |
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0974-7893 0974-7907 |
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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. |
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butterfly endangered host plant onyx sinharaja |
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