Exoskeleton Morphology of Three Species of Preponini, with Discussion of Morphological Similarities among Neotropical Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-II. Thorax and Thoracic Appendages

Dayana Bonfantti; Mirna Martins Casagrande; Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke

doi:10.2108/zs150017

Exoskeleton Morphology of Three Species of Preponini, with Discussion of Morphological Similarities among Neotropical Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-II. Thorax and Thoracic Appendages

Zoolog Sci. 2015 Jun;32(3):284-90. doi: 10.2108/zs150017.

Authors

Dayana Bonfantti¹, Mirna Martins Casagrande, Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke

Affiliation

¹ Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná, C. P.: 19020, 81531-980; Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

PMID: 26003985
DOI: 10.2108/zs150017

Abstract

The present report, the second part of a study of the external morphology of Preponini, compares the thorax and thoracic appendages of Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758), Archaeoprepona licomedes licomedes (Cramer, 1777) and Prepona pylene pylene Hewitson, [1854], through descriptions and illustrations. The results are compared with three other species, Prepona claudina annetta (Gray, 1832), Memphis moruus stheno Hübner, [1819] and Zaretis itys itylus (Westwood, 1850), revealing previously unrecognized similarities among species of Charaxinae.

Keywords: Archaeoprepona; Prepona; adults; comparative morphology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Butterflies / anatomy & histology*
Butterflies / classification*
Extremities / anatomy & histology*
Species Specificity
Thorax / anatomy & histology*
Wings, Animal / anatomy & histology*