Host Plant Use Among Closely Related Anaea Butterfly Species (lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae).

dc.creatorQueiroz, J M
dc.date2002-Nov
dc.date2015-11-27T12:52:46Z
dc.date2015-11-27T12:52:46Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-03-29T00:58:41Z
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dc.identifierBrazilian Journal Of Biology = Revista Brasleira De Biologia. v. 62, n. 4A, p. 657-63, 2002-Nov.
dc.identifier1519-6984
dc.identifier
dc.identifierhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12659016
dc.identifierhttp://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/195708
dc.identifier12659016
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/1295941
dc.descriptionThere is a great number of Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) species in the tropics whose larvae feed on several plant families. However the genus Anaea is almost always associated with Croton species (Euphorbiaceae). This work describes patterns of host plant use by immature and adult abundance on different vertical strata of sympatric Anaea species in a forest of Southeastern Brazil. Quantitative samples of leaves were taken in April/1999 and May/2000 to collect eggs and larvae of four Anaea species on C. alchorneicarpus, C. floribundus and C. salutaris in a semideciduous forest. Sampled leaves were divided into three classes of plant phenological stage: saplings, shrubs and trees. The results showed that the butterfly species are segregating in host plant use on two scales: host plant species and plant phenological stages. C. alchorneicarpus was used by only one Anaea species, whereas C. floribundus was used by three species and C. salutaris by four Anaea species. There was one Anaea species concentrated on sapling, another on sapling/shrub and two others on shrub/tree leaves. Adults of Anaea were more frequent at canopy traps but there were no differences among species caught in traps at different vertical positions. This work supplements early studies on host plant use among Charaxinae species and it describes how a guild of closely related butterfly species may be organized in a complex tropical habitat.
dc.description62
dc.description657-63
dc.languageeng
dc.relationBrazilian Journal Of Biology = Revista Brasleira De Biologia
dc.relationBraz J Biol
dc.rightsfechado
dc.rights
dc.sourcePubMed
dc.subjectAnimals
dc.subjectBrazil
dc.subjectButterflies
dc.subjectCroton
dc.subjectEcosystem
dc.subjectHost-parasite Interactions
dc.titleHost Plant Use Among Closely Related Anaea Butterfly Species (lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae).
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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