Phalanta phalanta (Horsfield)

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 : 79

8. Phalanta phalanta (Horsfield) (Photo 8a,b)

Papilio phalantha Horsfield, 1829 , Cat. Lep.E.Ind.Comp

pl. 7 ( Papilio ).

Material examined: (23♂♂ 17♀♀). India: Punjab : PAU, 11.viii.2011, Birpal, Amit and P.C. Pathania (12♂ 9♀) , PAU 27.ix.2012, Sunita , Kritika and P.C. Pathania (7♂ 7♀) , Forest field, 14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (2♂ 1♀) , Floriculture garden, 14.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂) , GADVASU, 17.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂) . Distribution : It occurs nearly throughout Continental India, Ceylon, Assam , Burma, Tenasserim ; extending to China, Japan and the Malayan Subregion ( Bingham, 1905).

Host plant: Flacourtia species ( Bingham, 1905).

Subfamily NYMPHALINAE

VIX. Genus Vanessa Fabricius