title: Exoskeleton Morphology of Three Species of Preponini, with Discussion of Morphological Similarities among Neotropical Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-II. Thorax and Thoracic Appendages.
abstract: The present report, the second part of a study of the external morphology of Preponini, compares the thorax and thoracic appendages of Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758), Archaeoprepona licomedes licomedes (Cramer, 1777) and Prepona pylene pylene Hewitson, [1854], through descriptions and illustrations. The results are compared with three other species, Prepona claudina annetta (Gray, 1832), Memphis moruus stheno Hübner, [1819] and Zaretis itys itylus (Westwood, 1850), revealing previously unrecognized similarities among species of Charaxinae.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Zoologia, Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná, C. P.: 19020, 81531-980; Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dayana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonfantti
authors.forename: Mirna Martins
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Casagrande
authors.forename: Olaf Hermann Hendrik
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Mielke
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D005121:Extremities / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D013909:Thorax / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: Archaeoprepona; Prepona; adults; comparative morphology