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The larval food plants of the butterflies of the Andaman and Nicobar islands have not been studied, although the butterfly fauna per se is fairly well known. For the first time we report the food plants of the larvae of 120 species of butterflies from these islands on the basis of laboratory rearing and field studies. This information is essential for the formulation of management programmes for butterfly conservation on these islands which are known to harbour critical swallowtail and (possibly) danaine faunas.
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Veenakumari , K., Mohanraj , P. & Sreekumar , P. Host plant utilization by butterfly larvae in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Indian Ocean). Journal of Insect Conservation 1, 235–246 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018424302583
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