thank you Bmalda
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 8:01 AM Bimal Sar kar <bimal....@gmail.com> wrote: > In 2013 I saw a large green coloured larva on a Polyalthia > longifolia ( MAST TREE/DEBDARU ) At that time I did not know that the > larva is of Common Jay. I brought that to our residence. But some how it > escaped. I studied literature on the host plants for this species of > butterfly. I came to know that both Tailed Jay and Common Jay butterflies > have same host plants and four of them are here near our residence ( > Artabatrys hexapetalus , Canangia odorata, Michelia champaca and Polyalthia > longifolia ). Michelia champaca and Polyalthia longifolia were in plenty on > the road side. I started observing these plants and started collecting > larvae of different size. Those larvae were fed with the leaves of the host > plants. I observed larvae started life on Polyalthia longifolia survives on > the leaves of Michelia champaca and vice versa. > I recorded many life cycles of these two butterflies on all the > host plants I mentioned above. Last time I recorded life cycle of a Tailed > Jay was in 2017. So many Michelia champaca and Polyalthia longifolia came > under axe in last few years, that may be the reason I could not record any > life cycle of these two species. There are only two plants of the other two > host plants. I am keeping an watch. > Attaching a collage of Tailed Jay on Artabatrys hexapetalus. > -- Usha di =========== -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
