Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Author
Pathania, P. C.
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata - 700053, West Bengal, India; pathaniapc @ yahoo. co. in
Author
Mangat, H. K.
Department of Entomology, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana - 141004, Punjab, India
Author
Sidhu, A. K.
High Altitude Regional Station, Zoological Survey of India, Saproon, Solan - 173 211, Himachal Pradesh, India
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Records of the Zoological Survey of India
2018
2018-05-10
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http://dx.doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626
journal article
10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626
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Pieris brassicae
Linnaeus
(Photo 30a, b)
Papilio brassicae
Linnaeus, 1758
.
Syst. Nat. ed.
X: 467.
Material examined
: (
41♂♂
24♀♀
).
India
: Punjab: PAU,
6.v.2009
, Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania (
9♂
5♀
), PAU,
6.iv.2010
, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (
14♂
6♀
), PAU
4.viii.2012
, Sunita, Kritika and P.C. Pathania (
10♂
8♀
), PAU,
16.ix.2013
, Avi Kumar and P.C. Pathania (
8♂
5♀
).
Distribution
:
Baluchistan
and Chitral (
Pakistan
) eastwards to Assam, very common in Himalayas and plains adjoining Himalayas, ascending to about
12,000 feet
in Himalayas (
Kumar, 2008
).
Host
plant
:
Brassicaceae (
Kunte and Soman, 2017
)
.
Subfamily
COLIADINAE
XXII. Genus
Catopsila
Hubner