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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17.
Danaus chrysippus
(Linnaeus)
(Photo 17a,b)
Papilio chrysippus
Linnaeus, 1758
,
Syst. Nat. (ed.x)
: 471, n.81.
Material examined
: (
49♂♂
39♀♀
).
India
: Punjab: PAU,
14.iv.2009
, Amit Katewa and P.C. Pathania (
15♂
12♀
), PAU,
8.ii.2010
, Vijay and P.C. Pathania (
19♂
15♀
), PAU,
30.ix.2010
, Sanjeev Chandel and P.C. Pathania, (
12♂
10♀
), PAU,
14.viii.2015
, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (
1♂
1♀
), GADVASU,
17.viii.2015
, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (
1♂
), Orchard,
12.viii.2015
, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (
1♂
1♀
).
Distribution
: Found in Southern Europe,
Syria
, over a great part of the Ethiopian Region, through Arabia,
Persia
, and
Afghanistan
. Eastwards it extends to
China
and through the Malayan Subregion to Sulu and the Celebes (
Bingham, 1905
).
Host
plant
:
Apocynaceae (Saji
et al
., 2017)
.