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Larval growth rate is not a major determinant of adult wing shape and eyespot size in the seasonally polyphenic butterfly Melanitis leda [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Insects often show adaptive phenotypic plasticity where environmental cues during early stages are used to produce a phenotype that matches the environment experienced by adults.
Freerk Molleman, M. Elizabeth Moore, Sridhar Halali, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Dheeraj Halali, Erik van Bergen, Paul M. Brakefield, Vicencio Oostra   +7 more
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Redescription of Centronia Melanitis Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Ctenuchina) With Notes on Androconial Organs

Entomological Communications, 2021
The Neotropical genus Centronia Hübner, 1818 is monotypic and represented by the species Centronia melanitis Hübner, 1818. Individuals of this species display diurnal habits and are attracted by plant bait of Heliotropium sp..
Juan Grados, Karla Mantilla
exaly   +5 more sources

Oviposition Preference Maximizes Larval Survival in the Grass-Feeding Butterfly Melanitis leda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

European Journal of Entomology, 2020
Phytophagous insects may be expected to prefer host-plant species on which their larvae perform best, but this has rarely been explored in grass-feeding butterflies.
Ullasa Kodandaramaiah, Freerk Molleman, Sridhar Halali   +2 more
exaly   +6 more sources

Butterflies use humidity as a cue for wing-pattern and life history trait plasticity when temperature is unreliable [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Many butterflies have wet and dry season morphs with large and small wing eyespots respectively. Eyespot size plasticity is adaptive because butterflies develop large, conspicuous eyespots in the wet season and small, inconspicuous eyespots in the dry ...
Indukala Prasannakumar, Freerk Molleman, Urszula Walczak, Ullasa Kodandaramaiah   +3 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Observation of Dry Season Polyphenism in Melanitis leda at Different Altitudinal Gradients in Nepal

Journal of Natural History Museum, 2018
Melanitis leda, a shade loving Satyrid is distributed in tropical to temperate parts of the country. Wet Season Form of this butterfly displays paler wings, prominent eyespots and distinct under wing markings. Dry Season Form remains camouflaged with dry
Bhaiya Khanal
exaly   +3 more sources

A Study of Morphometric Traits and Length-Length Relationships of the Butterfly, Melanitis Phedima (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies, 2022
The present study deals with the investigation of the morphometric traits including morphometric lengths and length-length relationships (LLRs) of the dark evening brown butterfly, Melanitis phedima (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
S. Mahdi, Md. Mehedi Hasan Shawon, Md. Nasir Uddin, Md. Abdur Rahim, I. Mahfuz   +4 more
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Structural Variations in Wing Patterning of Seasonal Polyphenic Melanitis leda (Satyrinae)

Microscopy Research, 2016
Seasonal polyphenism is a common phenomenon observed among members of the Lepidopteran subfamily Satyrinae. Melanitis leda, being a member of that subfamily, exhibits seasonal variation in terms of wing patterning.
Binod B Sahu, Monalisa Mishra
exaly   +2 more sources

Design and Optimization of an FSO Network Under Practical Considerations

Photonics
This study investigates the design and optimization of a free-space optical (FSO) wireless communication network employing high-altitude platforms (HAPs).
Marios Melanitis, Petros S. Bithas, Athanassios Katsis, Hector E. Nistazakis   +3 more
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Life History Notes on the Evening Brown, Melanitis leda Bankia (Fabricius, 1775)

Metamorphosis Australia : magazine of the Butterfly & Other Invertebrates Club, 2017
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Wesley J Jenkinson
exaly   +2 more sources

Describing Developmental Modules of Modularity and Integration in the Fore and Hind Wings of the Common Evening Brown Butterfly Melanitis leda Linnaeus (Nymphalidae: Lepidoptera) Using MINT Software

Egyptian Academic Journal of Biological Sciences, 2012
In this study, developmental modules of modularity and integration of the fore and hind wings of Melanitis leda were described using the MINT software (Modularity and Integration Tool, ver. 1.5, Marquez, 2008).
Cesar G Demayo, Mark Anthony J Torres
exaly   +2 more sources