AN ADDITIONAL RECORD OF LARVAL HOST PLANT OF TAWNY COSTER ACRAEA VIOLAE (FABRICIUS 1775)

摘要

Tawny Coster Acraea violae is a common nymphalid found in forest clearings, open country and gardens (Kunte 2000; Kehimkar 2008). During a faunal survey at Mazgaon, (18°21'58.66" N; 72°55'58.73" E; 14 m above msl) Taluka Murud-Janjira, District Raigad, Maharashtra, on January 13, 2010, we observed larvae of different instars of Tawny Coster feeding on a small shrub Turner a ulmifolia L., which is commonly known as 'Yellow Alder', belonging to Family Turneraceae. Turnera ulmifolia L. is a common cultivated plant about 1 m in height, stem erect, branches glandular pubescent. It occasionally occurs in scrub forests of Konkan (Ingalhalikar2001).