Tagiades litigiosa explained

Tagiades litigiosa, the water snow flat, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India,[1] Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.[2] [3]

Description

The larvae feed on Dioscorea oppositifolia, Dioscorea alata[4] and Smilax species.

Notes and References

  1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R.K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 32. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
  2. Web site: Savela . Markku . Tagiades litigiosa Möschler, 1878 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . July 3, 2018.
  3. Book: Evans, W. H. . A Catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia, and Australia in the British Museum . William Harry Evans . British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology. 1949. London. 146.
  4. Kalesh, S & S K Prakash. 2007. Additions of the larval host plants of butterflies of the Western Ghats, Kerala, Southern India (Rhopalocera, Lepidoptera): Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 2. 235–238. 104.

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