Immature stages of the Selaginella-feeding Euptychia mollina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Brazilian Amazon
| Autor: | Junia Yasmin Oliveira Carreira, Eduardo P. Barbosa, André V. L. Freitas, Luísa L. Mota |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0106 biological sciences
Euptychia mollina Selaginellaceae Camouflage Insecta Arthropoda 010607 zoology Selaginellales Zoology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Nymphalidae Selaginella lcsh:Zoology Animalia lcsh:QL1-991 Plantae biology Amazon rainforest Euptychiina Papilionoidea biology.organism_classification Satyrinae Lepidoptera Tracheophyta Lycopodiopsida caterpillar Animal Science and Zoology |
| Zdroj: | Zoologia 36: 1-7 Zoologia (Curitiba), Vol 36, Iss, Pp 1-7 (2019) |
| ISSN: | 1984-4689 |
| Popis: | The present paper describes the immature stages of the Neotropical satyrine butterflyEuptychiamollina(Hübner, [1813]) from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Eggs were laid singly on the under surface of the fronds of its host plant,Selaginellasp. (Bryophyta: Selaginellaceae). Larvae are solitary in all instars, presenting a color pattern and shape that make them cryptic on its host plant. The pupa is short, smooth and varies from rusty brown to green. Despite the lack of a close phylogenetic relationship, larvae ofEuptychiaare very similar to those of the paleotropical satyrinesRagadiaandAcrophtalmia, suggesting that camouflage is likely to be one of the factors explaining the similarities among them. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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