title: Biology and external morphology of immature stages of the butterfly, Diaethria candrena candrena.
abstract: The biology and the external morphology of immature stages of Diaethria candrena candrena (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) are described. Immature D. c. candrena found on Allophylus spp. (Sapindaceae) were collected in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and reared in the laboratory. Morphological descriptions and illustrations are given, based on observations using electronic, stereoscopic, and optic microscopes, the latter two attached to camera lucida. Results are compared and discussed with immature stages of other species of Biblidinae described to date.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, PO Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531 -980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. fernandomsdias@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Fernando M S
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Mirna M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Casagrande
authors.forename: Olaf H H
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Mielke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010063:Ovum / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure