Cargando…
The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal)
Kallima albofasciata Moore 1877 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), a species of Oakleaf butterfly reported for the first time from the Andaman Islands in 1874, was recognized as an insular endemic in 1877. Studies so far indicate that it is restricted to the contiguous islands of South and Middle Andamans....
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
University of Wisconsin Library
2012
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22938556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.6601 |
_version_ | 1782247744195264512 |
---|---|
author | Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Mohanraj, Prashanth |
author_facet | Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Mohanraj, Prashanth |
author_sort | Kamalanathan, Veenakumari |
collection | PubMed |
description | Kallima albofasciata Moore 1877 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), a species of Oakleaf butterfly reported for the first time from the Andaman Islands in 1874, was recognized as an insular endemic in 1877. Studies so far indicate that it is restricted to the contiguous islands of South and Middle Andamans. On these islands it apparently has a very localized distribution, giving rise to fears that it may be vulnerable and could face the threat of extinction with increasing developmental pressures on its habitat. Though it was reported to be extinct in 1993, its presence has since been documented and is currently protected by law in India. Nevertheless, nothing is known about the immature stages, its larval food plants or life history, and very little is known about its habitat and periods of occurrence on the islands. Here, details of all these aspects of this little—known butterfly of the Andaman Islands are presented. This should prove useful in the formulation of a conservation strategy for this iconic Oriental butterfly. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-3481462 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2012 |
publisher | University of Wisconsin Library |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-34814622012-10-26 The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Mohanraj, Prashanth J Insect Sci Article Kallima albofasciata Moore 1877 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), a species of Oakleaf butterfly reported for the first time from the Andaman Islands in 1874, was recognized as an insular endemic in 1877. Studies so far indicate that it is restricted to the contiguous islands of South and Middle Andamans. On these islands it apparently has a very localized distribution, giving rise to fears that it may be vulnerable and could face the threat of extinction with increasing developmental pressures on its habitat. Though it was reported to be extinct in 1993, its presence has since been documented and is currently protected by law in India. Nevertheless, nothing is known about the immature stages, its larval food plants or life history, and very little is known about its habitat and periods of occurrence on the islands. Here, details of all these aspects of this little—known butterfly of the Andaman Islands are presented. This should prove useful in the formulation of a conservation strategy for this iconic Oriental butterfly. University of Wisconsin Library 2012-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3481462/ /pubmed/22938556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.6601 Text en © 2012 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Article Kamalanathan, Veenakumari Mohanraj, Prashanth The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title | The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title_full | The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title_fullStr | The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title_full_unstemmed | The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title_short | The Life Cycle and Immature Stages of Kallima albofasciata, the Endemic Oakleaf, in the Andaman Islands (Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal) |
title_sort | life cycle and immature stages of kallima albofasciata, the endemic oakleaf, in the andaman islands (indian ocean, bay of bengal) |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3481462/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22938556 http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.012.6601 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT kamalanathanveenakumari thelifecycleandimmaturestagesofkallimaalbofasciatatheendemicoakleafintheandamanislandsindianoceanbayofbengal AT mohanrajprashanth thelifecycleandimmaturestagesofkallimaalbofasciatatheendemicoakleafintheandamanislandsindianoceanbayofbengal AT kamalanathanveenakumari lifecycleandimmaturestagesofkallimaalbofasciatatheendemicoakleafintheandamanislandsindianoceanbayofbengal AT mohanrajprashanth lifecycleandimmaturestagesofkallimaalbofasciatatheendemicoakleafintheandamanislandsindianoceanbayofbengal |