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1. The early stages and natural history of Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta (Watkins, 1928) in eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae).

Author

Greeney, Harold F., DeVries, Philip J., Penz, Carla M., Granizo-T, Rafael B., Connahs, Heidi, Stireman, III, John O., Walla, Thomas R., and Dyer, Lee A.

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*NYMPHALIDAE, *BUTTERFLIES, *LARVAE, *FOOD, *BAMBOO, *CATERPILLARS, *ICHNEUMONIDAE, *BRACONIDAE
Abstract

The article presents a study on the early stages and ecological associations of Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta, Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae:Morphinae, in eastern Ecuador. The Antirrhea larvae were collected and observed throughout the course of eight years. The study found out that Chusquea Kunth bamboo serves as the food of Antirrhea species. Moreover, the larvae of Antirrhea species are similar to other Antirrhea species and its caterpillars are parasitized by Ichneumonidae and braconidae.

Published
2009
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2. The Early Stages and Natural History ofAntirrhea Adoptive Porphyrosticta(Watkins, 1928) in Eastern Ecuador (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae)

Author

Carla M. Penz, John O. Stireman, Heidi Connahs, Thomas R. Walla, Philip J. DeVries, Lee A. Dyer, Harold F. Greeney, and Rafael B. Granizo-T

Subjects
Male, 0106 biological sciences, Time Factors, Wasps, Antirrhea philoctetes, Antirrhea miltiades, cloud forest, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, Nymphalidae, Article, Lepidoptera genitalia, Chusquea scandens, Species Specificity, Animals, Antirrhea pterocopha, Bamboo, Ovum, Cloud forest, Behavior, Animal, biology, Ecology, Diptera, Pupa, General Medicine, 15. Life on land, biology.organism_classification, 010602 entomology, Ichneumonidae, Antirrhea weymeri, Larva, crepuscular, Insect Science, Butterfly, Morphinae, Female, Ecuador, Butterflies
Abstract

Here we describe the immature stages and ecological associations of Antirrhea adoptiva porphyrosticta Watkins, 1928 (Lepidoptera:Nymphalidae:Morphinae). The cloud forest bamboo, Chusquea scandens Kunth (Bambusoidea: Poaceae), serves as the larval food plant for this butterfly in eastern Ecuador, the first hostplant record for Antirrhea outside the family Arecaceae. The larvae of A. adoptiva porphyrosticta are superficially similar to those of other Antirrhea species. We also provide observations on adult and larval behavior. Caterpillars of this butterfly species are parasitized by tachinid flies, as well as by Ichneumonidae and a newly described braconid wasp.

Published
2009

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