Nilgiri Tit Butterfly. Photo Source- FLVC

Rare Nilgiri Tit Butterfly Found Using Orchid as Host Plant—How This Orchid Could Help Save Endangered Species

Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu is famous for its hill resort of Ooty and the Lawrence School and Defence Services Staff College. They are also a habitat of butterflies. The discovery of Nilgiri Tit’s host plant adds to the importance of this region. The lovers of Butterflies have recorded for the first time in India that the Nilgiri Tit (Hypolycaena nilgirica) utilizes a large terrestrial orchid plant (Eulophia epidendraea) as its host plant.

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