Quedara basiflava
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| Species: | Q. basiflava
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| Quedara basiflava (de Nicéville, 1888)
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Quedara basiflava, commonly known as the Yellow-Base/Golden Tree Flitter, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae and is endemic to Western Ghats of India[1].
Food plants
The larvae feed on Calamus pseudotenuis, Calamus rotang and Calamus thwaitesii.[2]
References
- ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Quedara genus.
- ^ K. Kunte (2006). "Additions to the known larval host plants of Indian butterflies". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 103 (1): 119–121.
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