Abstract
We present an additional four new larval host plants of four butterfly species in three families from the southwest part of the Western Ghats region located in Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka State. These updated new records are in addition to the known host plants of the Western Ghats.
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The Western Ghats is rich in butterfly diversity, consisting of 336 species in six families (Nitin et al 2018)
Diversity largely depends on host plants and their supporting habitat (Knops et al 1999)
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