Belonois

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 82

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v118/i1/2018/121626
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0393B32C-1C37-162C-FCCB-FBFD398DBAAF
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Belonois
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25. Belonois aurota Fabricius (Photo 26a, b)

Belonois aurota Fabricius, 1793, Ent. Syst. 3, 1: 197.

Material examined: (8♂♂ 5♀♀). India: Punjab: PAU,

6.v.2009, Amit Katewa and P. C. Pathania (3♂ 1♀), PAU ,

8.x.2010, Vijay and P. C. Pathania (2♂ 2♀), PAU 3.xi.2012, Sunita, Kritika and P. C. Pathania (2♂ 2♀), CIPHET ,

11.viii.2015, Sachin and P. C. Pathania (1♂) .

Distribution: It found in all India except Assam and Burma. A straggler is recorded from Great Nicobar. The subspecies also extends to Palestine and Africa ( Talbot, 1939).

Host Plant: Cadaba fruticosa , Capparis decidua , Capparis pyrifolia , Capparis rheedii , Capparis sepiaria , Capparis spinosa , Capparis zeylanica , Maerua oblongifolia ( Kunte, 2000) .

XIX. Genus Cepora Billberg