Dear Bala, Congratulations for this interesting observation! I think with Isaac's help you should immediately publish this interesting observation in relevant places as it would surely help many others. Kind regards, Usha
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:57 AM, balakrishnan valappil < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Keith > Thanks for the valuable informations > > Balakrishnan Valappil > Civil Engineering Consultant > NEST > Malappuram PO > 676505 > KERALA > > Mobile:09446587033 > Flickr Photostream > http://www.flickr.com/photos/balakrishnan_valappil > > --- On *Fri, 2/6/09, Keith Wolfe <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Keith Wolfe <[email protected]> > Subject: Fwd: [ButterflyIndia] COMMON ROSE(Pachliopta aristolochiae) laying > eggs on a Sapotaceae plant > To: [email protected] > Date: Friday, February 6, 2009, 4:22 PM > > I suspect this is normal behavior, just rarely witnessed (http://sdnp. > nic.in/thematica reas/biodiv/ subresources/ ovipositonmistak en-butterflies. > html<http://sdnp.nic.in/thematicareas/biodiv/subresources/ovipositonmistaken-butterflies.html> > ). Such "mistakes" and "confusion" are a human perception, and in simple > terms, may in fact be an important part of how female butterflies perpetuate > their species by occasionally spreading the "risk" to plants that have a > similar (to them) chemistry. Thus, ovipositing mistakes are probably the > raw material for the eventual colonization, adaptation, and shift to novel > hosts (successfully or not), which are key components of insect evolution. > > Best wishes, > > Keith > > From: balakrishnan valappil <balakrishnan_ valappil@ > yahoo.com<[email protected]> > > > To: butterfly india <butterflyindia@ yahoogroups. com> > Sent: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 09:08:00 +0000 (UTC) > Subject: [ButterflyIndia] COMMON ROSE(Pachliopta aristolochiae) laying eggs > on a Sapotaceae plant > > Hi friends > > attached is the egg laying of a common rose on a plant > identified as Madhuca longifolia,Sapotace ae > my doubts are > Is it a recorded foodplant of Common Rose? > Is there any practice of laying eggs on nonfoodplants if host plants are > unavailable? > (and in this case host plants (Aristolochiaceae) were available at the > particular location > but away from the Sapotaceae plant) > > Balakrishnan Valappil > > > > -- Usha Ganguli-Lachungpa Sr. Research Officer (WL) Dept. of Forest, Env. & WL Mgmt. Government of Sikkim Deorali, Gangtok 737102 Tel/Fax:91-3592-280402; Cell:094340-25273 [email protected] [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
