MIDLANDS OF THE REGION

THE STREAMS AND RIVULETS ARE FLANKED BY OCHLANDRA REEDS THAT ARE LARVAL HOSTPLANTS OF A MYRIAD OF SKIPPERS CHIEFLY ACES OF HALPE, SOVIA &THORESSA.IN ADDITION ALSO SUPPORT THE LARVAL STAGES OF THE NARROWLY ENDEMIC TRAVANCORE EVENING BROWN BUTTERFLY
PARANTIRRHOEA MARSHALLI WOOD-MASON, 1880 ,ONE OF THE WORLDS RAREST NYMPHALIDS WHOSE EARLIER STAGES WERE DISCOVERD BY US IN 2005(KALESH & SATYA 2005 IN PRESS)