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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Main Author: QUEIROZ,J. M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2002
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1519-69842002000400014
Country:Brazil
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