we describe, for the first time, the life history of the joker butterfly, byblia ilithyia drury and larval performance in terms of food consumption and utilization, and the length of life cycle on its host plant tragia plukenetii a. r. smith. our study was conducted throughout 2007 in the andhra university campus and the zoo park area, 5 km away from the campus, at visakhapatnam (17â° 42' ...
