India, a lifescape
Subtitle: butterflies of Peninsular India
By: Krushnamegh Kunte ; editor, Madhav Gadgil ; foreword, E.O. Wilson.
Contributors: Gadgil, Madhav.; Indian Academy of Sciences.
Publisher: Universities Press; Distributed by Orient Longman
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Hyderabad; [S.l.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Butterflies -- India.
Other titles: Butterflies of Peninsular India
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [246]-248) and indexes.
"Indian Academy of Sciences."
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction; title: la. Butterflies, as a Taxonomist Sees Them; title: lb. Differences between Butterflies and Moths; title: Ic. Diversity of Butterflies; title: Id. Life Cycle of a Butterfly; title: le. Stages in a Butterfly's Life; title: * The Egg; title: * The Caterpillar; title: * The Pupa; title: * The Adult; title: If. The Big and The Small Butterflies; title: 2. Ecology of Butterflies; title: 2a. Habitats of Butterflies; title: 2b. Feeding:; title: i) The Caterpillars; title: ii) The Adults; title: 2c. Basking and Daily Activity Periods; title: 2d.Mate Acquisition Strategies; title: 2e. Polymorphism; title: 2f. Flight Periods and Seasonality; title: 2g. Seasonal Variation in Colouration and Form; title: 2h. Migration and Local Movements; title: 2i. Population Ecology; title: 2j. Threats to Life:; title: i) Parasitoids; title: ii) Parasites; title: iii) Predators; title: 2k. Adaptations to EscapeThreats:; title: i) Camouflage; title: ii) and iii) Unpalatability and Mimicry; title: iv) Association with Ants; title: 3. Conservation Problems and Solutions; title: I. Collecting and Preserving Specimens; title: Butterfly Family and Species Accounts; title: 5.1 Family Papilionidae: Swallowtails; title: 5.2 Family Pieridae: Whites and Yellows; title: 5.3 Family Nymphalidae: Brush-footed Butterflies; title: 5.4 Family Lycaenidae: Blues; title: 5.5 Family Hesperiidae: Skippers; title: Appendix 1: Larval Host Plants of Peninsular Indian Butterflies; title: Appendix 2: Alphabetical List of Larval Host Plants and Nectar Plants; title: Glossary; title: Selected References; title: Index of English Names: Butterflies; title: Index of Scientific Names: Butterflies.