author(s)
Ankita Gupta and Manidip Mandal

abstract
Distatrix papilionis (Viereck) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is reported to parasitize caterpillars of Graphium nomius (Esper) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in southern India. This is the first association of D. papilionis being recorded as a gregarious endoparasitoid of G. nomius, hitherto commonly collected from Papilio demoleus L. in Bengaluru. The number of wasp cocoons per host caterpillar ranged from 21−34 which is directly proportional to the host size. In the present study an illustrated account of parasitism with diagnostic details are presented.