External morphology and ultra-structure of eggs and first instar of Prepona laertes laertes (Hübner, [1811]), with notes on host plant use and taxonomy.
The external morphology and the tegument ultra-structure of Prepona laertes laertes (Hübner, [1811]) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) eggs and first instar larvae feeding on Inga spp. (Fabaceae) in a forest fragment in Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, are described. Descriptions of the morphology with illustrations are presented, based upon observations through scanning electron microscopy and stereoscopic and optic microscopes attached to a camera lucida. Descriptions and illustrations of the head capsule, chaetotaxy, tegument, and setae are presented. The taxonomy, morphological characters, and host plant use of Prepona laertes immature stages are discussed.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19.020, CEP 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. fernandomsdias@yahoo.com.br
Fernando M S
FM
Dias
Mirna M
MM
Casagrande
Olaf H H
OH
Mielke
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002080:Butterflies / Q000145:classification / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D007887:Fabaceae / Q000469:parasitology; D060434:Herbivory; D007814:Larva / Q000648:ultrastructure; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure