{"title":"Catopsilia scylla (Linnaeus, 1763): A new record for Sri Lanka with notes on its biology, life history and distribution (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)","authors":"G. Poorten, N. V. D. Poorten","doi":"10.5962/p.266478","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":". Catopsilia scylla was recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka in Februar)' 2008 and has been recorded since then in over 25 locations in the south-west quadrant of the island. Its larval food plant is Senna surattensis (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a widely planted introduced garden plant. The immature stages and behavior in Sri Lanka are documented here for the first time.","PeriodicalId":90983,"journal":{"name":"The journal of research on the Lepidoptera","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2012-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The journal of research on the Lepidoptera","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5962/p.266478","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
. Catopsilia scylla was recorded for the first time in Sri Lanka in Februar)' 2008 and has been recorded since then in over 25 locations in the south-west quadrant of the island. Its larval food plant is Senna surattensis (Fabaceae: Caesalpinioideae), a widely planted introduced garden plant. The immature stages and behavior in Sri Lanka are documented here for the first time.