IMMATURE STAGES OF THE NEOTROPICAL MISTLETOE BUTTERFLY CUNIZZA HIRLANDA PLANASIA FRUHSTORFER (PIERIDAE: ANTHOCHARIDINI)

Author(s)

Kaminski, Lucas A. ^[1] ; Barbosa, Eduardo P. ^[2] ; Freitas, Andre V. L. ^{[3, 1]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, PPG Ecol, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Museu Zool, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY; v. 66, n. 3, p. 143-146, OCT 3 2012.
• Web of Science Citations: 5

Abstract

The immature stages of the Neotropical mistletoe butterfly Cunizza hirlanda planasia Fruhstorfer (Pieridae: Anthocharidini) are described and illustrated for the first time from cerrado areas of Central Brazil Plateau. Eggs are laid in small loose clusters (2-7 eggs) on new red leaves of the mistletoe Passovia ovata (Pohl ex DC.) Kuijt (Loranthaceae). Larvae are semi-gregarious and underwent five instars. Host plant use, morphology, and behavior of immature stages are similar to those of related genera in the Hesperocharis group of Anthocharidini. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/03750-8 - Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic distribution patterns of the clades Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 and Pharneuptychia Forster, 1964 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
• Grantee: Eduardo de Proença Barbosa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate