title: Exoskeleton Morphology of Three Species of Preponini, with Discussion of Morphological Similarities among Neotropical Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)-I. Head, Cephalic Appendages, and Cervix.
abstract: The present study compares the morphology of the head, appendages, and cervical region of three species of the butterflies Archaeoprepona demophon demophon (Linnaeus, 1758), Archaeoprepona licomedes licomedes (Cramer, 1777), and Prepona pylene pylene Hewitson, [1854], through descriptions, illustrations, and scanning electron micrographs. The results are compared with Prepona claudina annetta (Gray, 1832), Memphis moruus stheno Hübner, [1819], and Zaretis itys itylus (Westwood, 1850), showing unique characteristics for each species and/or genus, or characteristics shared among the species analyzed. The detailed morphology of these three species was previouslyunknown.
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*; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D008297:Male; D013045:Species Specificity; D014921:Wings, Animal / Q000033:anatomy & histology*
keywords: Archaeoprepona; Prepona; adults; comparative morphology