On the Life Cycle and Natural History of Hymenitis Nero (Lepidoptera: Ithomiinae) in Costa Rica
A knowledge of life cycle and natural history are often important prerequisites to studies of population biology in butterflies. Although studies on the systematics and broad distribution patterns of that familiar New World Tropical group, the Ithomiinae, have been conducted (Seitz, 194; Fox, 1956;...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
1972-01-01
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| Series: | Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1972/13681 |
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| Summary: | A knowledge of life cycle and natural history are often important
prerequisites to studies of population biology in butterflies. Although
studies on the systematics and broad distribution patterns of that
familiar New World Tropical group, the Ithomiinae, have been
conducted (Seitz, 194; Fox, 1956; Fox, 1968), a lot remains to
be known about the biology of many species in Central America.
This is surprising in light of the considerable interest in these butterflies
as members of mimicry complexes. In this spirit, this paper
summarizes life cycle and natural history data on a clear wing ithoreiine
Hymenitis nero (Hewitson) (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) in
Costa Rica. Similar studies of several other sympatric ithomiines
have either been completed (Young, in prep.) or begun, as a preliminary
step towards understanding the local patterns of diversity
of this family in selected tropical plant communities. |
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| ISSN: | 0033-2615 1687-7438 |