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Distribution range extension of Bush Hopper butterfly, Ampittia dioscorides Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) into the lower Western Himalayas

Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2003
AuthorsSingh, A, P.; Bhandari, R, S.
Journal TitleIndian Forester
Volume129
Pagination1046-1048
ISBN Number0019-4816
Key Wordsforests; geographical distribution; paddy soils; soil types; tropical rain forests; Hesperiidae; Shorea robusta
AbstractThis paper describes the occurrence of the bush hopper butterfly ( Ampittia dioscorides ) in paddy fields beside a sal ( Shorea robusta ) forest edge in the Doon valley in the tropical moist deciduous sal forest zone. This report represent a significant North-West range extension of this butterfly species from the Chitwan district in Nepal, as known previously, up to at least the confluence of rivers Asan-Yamuna near Herbertpur in the Doon Valley.

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