New Larval Food Plants of the Tailed Jay Butterfly Graphium Agamemnon Linn., Papilionidae

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by  Naresh Chaturvedi

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES
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30. NEW LARVALFOODPLANTS OFTHETAILED JAYBUTTERFLY
GRAPHIUMAGAMEMNONLINN. PAPILIONIDAE
,
The Tailed Jay butterfly is an inhabitant ThecaterpillaroftheTailedJay,according
ofurban areas and can be seen throughout the toSevastopulo(\913)JBNHS70(1): 156-183 are
day,flyinginthevicinityofitslarvalfoodplants. known to feed on Saccopetalum tomentosum,
On Sept. 11, 1997, I noticed a caterpillar ofthe Annona muricata, A. squamosa, A. discolor, A.
Tailed Jay on the leafofa tree. A branch ofthe reticulata, Polyalthia longifolia, all belonging
tree was collected and was later identified as to Family Annonaceae; Michelia champaca
Artabotrys hexapetalus (Linn.), locally known Family Magnoliaceae, and Cinnamomum ofthe
as Hirva champa. It is a large climbing shrub, Family Lauraceae.
commonly grown in gardens for its fragrant
flowers. While working on butterflies at the November 17, 1997 NARESHCHATURVEDI
Borivli National Park, I had also seen many Bombay Natural History Society,
caterpillars of this species on a Polyalthia HornbillHouse, Dr. Scilim Ali Chowk,
cerasoides tree growing on the periphery ofthe Shaheed Bhagat Singh Road,
park. Mumbai 400 023.
31. BLACKRAJAH CHARAXESFABIUSATTRACTEDTO LIGHT
INTADOBANATIONALPARK
Hundreds ofspecies ofinsects are known (1967)inapaperon“InsectsattractedtoMercury
to be attracted to light. However, this attraction VapourLampinthe SuratDangs”havereported
is little known in butterflies, which are usually four speciesoffamilyNymphalidae.
diurnal. The present observation was recorded
Thome (1960) published his observations duringafaunisticsurveyofTadobaNationalPark
onNorth Americanbutterflies attracted to light. in December 1996, when one of us (RMS)
Donahue(1962) recordedbutterfliesattractedto witnessed a somewhat baffling incident on the
light in India, and mentioned that further night of December 6. While collecting insects
observations and experimentation will attractedtolightoutsideRestHouseNo.IIaround
undoubtedly help in the interpretation of this 2200 h, we saw a butterfly suddenly dashing
interesting phenomenon. Shull and Nadkerny against a tubelight. For a moment we thought it
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