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v6i2.143 | Volume 6 | Number 2 | November 2014 | Taprobanica
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Volume 6 | Number 2 | November 2014 v6i2.143 taprobanica 6 2 2014

v6i2.143

Volume 6 | Number 2 | November 2014
Major Article
ISSN: 1800-427X (print)
eISSN: 1800-427X (online)
DOI:10.47605/tapro.v6i2.143

Submitted date: 9 April 2013
Accepted date: 1 May 2014
Published date: 30 August 2014
Pp. 110–131, pls. 12–13.

A COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF FOOD PLANTS UTILIZATION OF SRI LANKAN BUTTERFLY LARVAE (PAPILIONOIDEA)

H.D. Jayasinghe*, S.S. Rajapaksha & C. de Alwis
*Corresponding author. E-mail: himesh.jayasinghe1@gmail.com

Abstract
Larval food plants (LFPs) of Sri Lankan butterflies are poorly documented in the historical literature and there is a great need to identify LFPs in conservation perspectives. Therefore, the current study was designed and carried out during the past decade. A list of LFPs for 207 butterfly species (Super family Papilionoidea) of Sri Lanka is presented based on local studies and includes 785 plant-butterfly combinations and 480 plant species. Many of these combinations are reported for the first time in Sri Lanka. The impact of introducing new plants on the dynamics of abundance and distribution of butterflies, the possibility of butterflies being pests on crops, and observations of LFPs of rare butterfly species, are discussed. This information is crucial for the conservation management of the butterfly fauna in Sri Lanka.

Key words : conservation, crops, larval food plants (LFPs), pests, plant-butterfly combination

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