title: Biology and external morphology of the immature stages of the butterfly Callicore pygas eucale, with comments on the taxonomy of the genus Callicore (Nymphalidae: Biblidinae).
abstract: The biology and the external morphology of the immature stages of Callicore pygas eucale (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) are described. Immatures were collected on Allophylus edulis (Radlkofer) (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, and reared in the laboratory. Morphological descriptions and illustrations are given based on observations through electronic, stereoscopic, and optic microscopes, the latter two attached to a camera lucida. Results are compared and discussed with the immature stages of other species of the subtribe Callicorina. Immature stages data provide further evidence that Callicore is paraphyletic and that generic limits within the Callicorina need revision.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil fernandomsdias@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Fernando Maia Silva
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Dias
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil mibras@ufpr.br.
authors.forename: Mirna Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Casagrande
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil omhesp@ufpr.br.
authors.forename: Olaf Hermann Hendrik
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Mielke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development; D005260:Female; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology; D011679:Pupa / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D029631:Sapindaceae
keywords: Allophylus; Callicorina; Sapindaceae