In Puerto Rico, Lepidoptera have received renewed attention in recent years, however, this is no complete work describing larvae-plant interactions. Food source for butterfly larvae is valuable information but this aspect of butterfly biology has been poorly studied. The main objective of this study was to gather all the known (published and non -published) information about the Lepidoptera ...more ↓
In Puerto Rico, Lepidoptera have received renewed attention in recent years, however, this is no complete work describing larvae-plant interactions. Food source for butterfly larvae is valuable information but this aspect of butterfly biology has been poorly studied. The main objective of this study was to gather all the known (published and non -published) information about the Lepidoptera (Diurnal Butterflies) species (and sub species) reported in Puerto Rico and to categorize these species as native or endemic.
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