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A century later the Manipur Argus Callerebia suroia Tytler, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) recorded in its type locality in Manipur, India

open access: yesJournal of Threatened Taxa, 2017
The present paper reports the sighting of Callerebia suroia Tytler, 1914 at Shirui Kashong Peak, Ukhrul District which confirms the continued presence of the species in Manipur State, India.
Jatishwor Singh Irungbam   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Nomenclatural notes on Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

open access: yesSHILAP, 2010
Se exponen y discuten 19 problemas nomenclaturales que afectan a diversos nombres del grupo de especie de los Satyrinae del mundo. Se proponen los siguientes nombres de reemplazo (entre paréntesis los nombres reemplazados): Elymnias esaca tateishii (E. e.
G. Lamas
doaj   +1 more source

A remarkable new butterfly species from western Amazonia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
A distinctive new species of butterfly in the subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), which is widespread throughout the upper Amazon in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, is here described.
Fagua, G   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Life history of Manataria maculata (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae) from Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2003
The life history and early stages of the satyrine butterfly Manataria maculata are described and illustrated from Costa Rica. Eggs are laid on Lasiacis sp. (Panicoideae), a new non-bamboo host plant for the genus Manataria.
L. Ricardo Murillo, Kenji Nishida
doaj   +4 more sources

A new species of Cyllopsis (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from Costa Rica

open access: yesRevista de Biología Tropical, 2002
Cyllopsis emilia Chacón and Nishida, a new satyrine species, is described from a single male specimen from Cerro de la Muerte, San José, Costa Rica. This new species can be distinguished from other species of Cyllopsis by its white colorationUna especie ...
Isidro Chacón, Kenji Nishida
doaj   +4 more sources

Quantifying the success of prey crypsis, aposematism, and evasiveness in avoiding predator attack. [PDF]

open access: yesEcology
Abstract Antipredator defenses typically act at distinct stages of the predation sequence—encounter, identification, approach, and subjugation. However, their effectiveness has rarely been quantified and compared simultaneously in wild predator–prey systems.
Linke D   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Geographic Range Size Predicts Butterfly Species' Tolerance to Heavy Metals More Than Evolutionary History With Toxic Larval Diets. [PDF]

open access: yesEvol Appl
ABSTRACT Some organisms appear to thrive in contaminated environments, while others are more sensitive, though the causes of this variation are unclear. The toxin coevolution hypothesis posits that an evolutionary history with natural toxins preadapts species to deal with novel toxins, while the range‐size‐tolerance hypothesis posits that a larger ...
Darst AL   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

A mitogenomic phylogeny of satyrid butterflies and complete mitochondrial genome of Oeneis urda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2020
Oeneis urda (Eversmann, 1847) is a butterfly of the Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) and a member of the Arctics, which are distributed in the arctic, subarctic, or high-altitude alpine regions. Here, we present the complete mitochondrial genome of O.
Yan Zhou   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Characterization of ten polymorphic microsatellite markers for the endemic Chapman's ringlet, Erebia palarica (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Entomology, 2009
Ten polymorphic microsatellite loci were developed for the butterfly Erebia palarica (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), endemic to NW Spain. Polymorphism for 20 individuals from a NW Spanish population (Ancares) and 15 more from two other nearby localities ...
Marta VILA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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