The Asian Journal of Animal Science

Meenu Sadhotra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu (J&K), IN

Abstract

For the first time, karyotypic studies are reported for three Sphingidae moths from Jammu (India). Images of mitotic and meiotic chromosomes of three Sphingidae moths viz., Daphnis nerii, Agrius convolvuli, Acherontia styx are depicted in the present communication.

Keywords

Sphingidae, Mitotic, Meiotic.

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Meenu Sadhotra ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Zoology, Govt. College for Women, Parade, Jammu (J&K), IN

Abstract

Lepidoptera is one of the largest orders of the class Insecta which includes butterflies and moths and is economically, biologically and aesthetically an important order. Chromosome structure and size are of great significance in karyological studies and have relevance to evolution, speciation and chromosome organization. Karyotypic studies in Lepidoptera has been a difficult task due to small dot- like chromosomes of similar sizes. The chromosome cytology of Indian Lepidoptera is very much limited. Chromosome studies in three species of butterflies (Papilio polytes, Papilio demoleus, Papilio glaucus) revealed 60 as diploid chromosome number.

Keywords

Chromosome, Diploid Chromosome Number.

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