Host plant use among closely related Anaea butterfly species (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae)
There 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...
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Language: | English |
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Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
2002-01-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Biology |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842002000400014 |