Larval host plants and metamorphosis of selected butterfly species (Rhopalocera) in La Union Botanical Garden (LUBG), San Fernando, La Union, Philippines

• Main Authors: Nacua, Alma E., Mohagan, Alma B., Alejandro, Grecebio Jonathan D.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2015
• Subjects: Biology; Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/11652
• Institution: De La Salle University

Host plants are known to support growth of different butterfly species in the larval stage. Butterfly larvae are characterized by being voracious eaters and host plant specific. However, information regarding larval host plants of many butterfly species remains poor in the Philippines. The paper aim...