Data/hora: 08/06/2024 10:41:14

Provedor de dados: | 103
País: | Brazil
Título: | Immature stages of the Selaginella -feeding Euptychia mollina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Brazilian Amazon
Autores: | Freitas,André V. L.; Mota,Luísa L.; Barbosa,Eduardo P.; Carreira,Junia Y. O.
Data: | 2019-01-01
Ano: | 2019
Palavras-chave: | Camouflage; Caterpillar; Euptychiina; Lepidoptera.
Resumo: | ABSTRACT The present paper describes the immature stages of the Neotropical satyrine butterfly Euptychia mollina (Hübner, [1813]) from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Eggs were laid singly on the under surface of the fronds of its host plant, Selaginella sp. (Briophyta: 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 of Euptychia are very similar to those of the paleotropical satyrines Ragadia and Acrophtalmia, suggesting that camouflage is likely to be one of the factors explaining the similarities among them.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702019000100314
Editor: | Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
Relação: | 10.3897/zoologia.36.e32053
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Zoologia (Curitiba)  v.36 2019
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess