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Hemi parasitic Loranths viz. Dendrophthoe curvata (Blume) Miq., D. glabrescens (Blakely) Barlow, D. longensis L.J. Singh and Macrosolen andamanensis L.J. Singh has been recorded here for the first time as new host plants for larvae of Delias hyparete indica (Wallace, 1867) of Pieridae and Tajuria cippus cippus (Fabricius, 1798) of Lycaenidae butterfly in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. Impact of herbivory of these butterflies on Loranths host plants is assessed along with its life history and conservation status of hosts is described in great detail. D. longensis and M. andamanensis are critically endangered and endemic to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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