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Nilgiri tit butterfly
October 26 , 2024
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- The Nilgiri tit (Hypolycaena nilgirica) is utilising a large terrestrial orchid plant as a host.
- This is the first known record of the butterfly using this particular species of plant as a host in India.
- The Nilgiri tit was first described in 1884 from Coonoor in the Nilgiris, since it has been recorded in Sri Lanka.
- The Nilgiri tit was noted to lay its eggs on the inflorescence (complete flower head) of the larval host plant, Eulophia epidendraea.
- This terrestrial orchid was found on rocky slopes in humid areas.
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