Part F

 

Butterfly / Flood Source Synergy

within the TCCC Study Area

 


Butterfly / Food Source Synergy Within The Tccc Study Area

Butterfly

Status

Larval Foodplant

Adult Nectar source

Butterfly/ Plant overlap at Structure Location?

HESPERIIDAE

 

 

 

 

Ampittia dioscorides

Uncommon

Oryza sativa

Oryza sativa

Lantana camara

Vitex negundo

None recorded.

Matapa aria

Uncommon

Bambusa multiplex

Bambusa multiplex

Others ?

 

None recorded.

Pelopidas conjunctus

Uncommon

Saccharum officinarum

Andropogon spp.

Bambusa spp.

??

None recorded.

Suastus gremius

Uncommon

Phoenix hanceana

Phoenix roehelenii

Rhapsis excelsa

 

Phoenix hanceana

Phoenix roehelenii

Rhapsis excelsa

Others ?

None recorded.

NYMPHALIDAE

 

 

 

 

Euthalia phemius

Uncommon

Mangifera indica

 

Mangifera indica

None recorded.

Junonia hierta

Uncommon

Barleria cristata

Barleria cristata

None recorded.

Parasarpa dudu

Uncommon

Lonicera confusa

Lonicera macrantha

Lonicera confusa

Lonicera macrantha

Rhaphiolepsis indica

Zanthoxylum avicennae

Possible overlap with R.indica in shrub habitat at Pylon 3 and Pylon 4. Possible overlap with Z. avicennae in similar habitat at Pylon 4.

PAPILONIDAE

 

 

 

 

Lamproptera curius

Rare

Illigera celebica

Illigera celebica

None recorded.

Troides helena

Uncommon

Aristolochia tagala

Aristolochia fordiana

Aristolochia tagala

Aristolochia fordiana

Mussaenda erosa

Lantana camara

None recorded. Lantana camara only recorded at proposed site of the Ngong Ping Terminal. No historical or current record of T.helena at this location.

PIERIDAE

 

 

 

 

Ixias pyrene

Uncommon

Capparis cantoniensis

Capparis cantoniensis

Lantana camara

None recorded.

Sources: (Lau (1997); Bascombe et al. (1999); Various internet sources (esp. Finnish CSC: www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/index.html)) In BMT (2002)

Note: Only a partial listing of butterfly food sources is presented.