On the distribution of Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780) in West Bengal, India

Abstract

Vagrans egista (Cramer, 1780) is reported for the first time from southern part of West Bengal, India. The Raygar forest of Bankura district in the plateau region is the second locality for the reported species in West Bengal, which extends the distribution range (aerial distance: 525 km) of the species from its known locality, Buxa Tiger Reserve of Alipurduar district in the state. This paper also reports occurrence of Rapala pheretima and Gerosis bhagava in Bankura district for the first time. Importance of an invasive plant, Mikania micrantha has also been discussed as a nectaring plant of butterflies.

New larval host plants for the Slate flash, Black rajah and Tiny grass blue butterflies (Insecta: Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae) from Bankura, West Bengal, India

“…They found 117 species of butterflies. This region is largely unexplored (Mirza and Mondal 2018;Mondal et al, 2020), but some interesting butterfly species distributions (Roy et al, 2021) and a new host plant of Papilio crino (Fabricius) has been reported by Mukherjee and Ghosh (2018). The objective of this present study is to understand the availability of the larval host plants in the Bankura district.…”