Studies on the Host Plants of Butterflies

The study was conducted to investigate the native larval food plants utilized by the larvae of butterflies in Agroclimatic Zone III of Karnataka. The larval food plants of the butterflies of Bagalkot region coming under Zone III were identified and placed on record for the first time on the basis of studies made under laboratory and field conditions. This information is essential from the point of biodiversity conservation and formulation of management programmes for faunistic studies of butterflies of the area and to elucidate their role in co-existence of plants and pollinators.