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Developmental, Cellular and Biochemical Basis of Transparency in Clearwing Butterflies Aaron F
© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd | Journal of Experimental Biology (2021) 224, jeb237917. doi:10.1242/jeb.237917 RESEARCH ARTICLE Developmental, cellular and biochemical basis of transparency in clearwing butterflies Aaron F. Pomerantz1,2,*, Radwanul H. Siddique3,4, Elizabeth I. Cash5, Yuriko Kishi6,7, Charline Pinna8, Kasia Hammar2, Doris Gomez9, Marianne Elias8 and Nipam H. Patel1,2,6,* ABSTRACT INTRODUCTION The wings of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are typically covered The wings of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) have inspired with thousands of flat, overlapping scales that endow the wings with studies across a variety of scientific fields, including evolutionary colorful patterns. Yet, numerous species of Lepidoptera have evolved biology, ecology and biophysics (Beldade and Brakefield, 2002; highly transparent wings, which often possess scales of altered Prum et al., 2006; Gilbert and Singer, 1975). Lepidopteran wings morphology and reduced size, and the presence of membrane are generally covered with rows of flat, partially overlapping surface nanostructures that dramatically reduce reflection. Optical scales that endow the wings with colorful patterns. Adult scales are properties and anti-reflective nanostructures have been characterized chitin-covered projections that serve as the unit of color for the wing. for several ‘clearwing’ Lepidoptera, but the developmental processes Each scale can generate color through pigmentation via molecules underlying wing transparency are unknown. Here, we applied that selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light, structural confocal and electron microscopy to create a developmental time coloration, which results from light interacting with the physical series in the glasswing butterfly, Greta oto, comparing transparent nanoarchitecture of the scale; or a combination of both pigmentary and non-transparent wing regions. -
Combining Taxonomic and Functional Approaches to Unravel the Spatial Distribution of an Amazonian Butterfly Community
Environmental Entomology Advance Access published December 7, 2015 Environmental Entomology, 2015, 1–9 doi: 10.1093/ee/nvv183 Community and Ecosystem Ecology Research article Combining Taxonomic and Functional Approaches to Unravel the Spatial Distribution of an Amazonian Butterfly Community Marlon B. Grac¸a,1,2,3 Jose´W. Morais,1 Elizabeth Franklin,1,2 Pedro A. C. L. Pequeno,1,2 Jorge L. P. Souza,1,2 and Anderson Saldanha Bueno,1,4 1Biodiversity Coordination, National Institute for Amazonian Research, INPA, Manaus, Brazil ([email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]), 2Center for Integrated Studies of Amazonian Biodiversity, CENBAM, Manaus, Brazil, 3Corresponding author, e-mail: marlon_lgp@hotmail. com, and 4Campus Ju´lio de Castilhos, Farroupilha Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology, Brazil ([email protected]) Received 24 August 2015; Accepted 10 November 2015 Abstract This study investigated the spatial distribution of an Amazonian fruit-feeding butterfly assemblage by linking spe- cies taxonomic and functional approaches. We hypothesized that: 1) vegetation richness (i.e., resources) and abun- dance of insectivorous birds (i.e., predators) should drive changes in butterfly taxonomic composition, 2) larval diet breadth should decrease with increase of plant species richness, 3) small-sized adults should be favored by higher abundance of birds, and 4) communities with eyespot markings should be able to exploit areas with higher predation pressure. Fruit-feeding butterflies were sampled with bait traps and insect nets across 25 km2 of an Amazonian ombrophilous forest in Brazil. We measured larval diet breadth, adult body size, and wing marking of all butterflies. -
Effects of Land Use on Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Abundance and Diversity in the Tropical Coastal Regions of Guyana and Australia
ResearchOnline@JCU This file is part of the following work: Sambhu, Hemchandranauth (2018) Effects of land use on butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) abundance and diversity in the tropical coastal regions of Guyana and Australia. PhD Thesis, James Cook University. Access to this file is available from: https://doi.org/10.25903/5bd8e93df512e Copyright © 2018 Hemchandranauth Sambhu The author has certified to JCU that they have made a reasonable effort to gain permission and acknowledge the owners of any third party copyright material included in this document. If you believe that this is not the case, please email [email protected] EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON BUTTERFLY (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN THE TROPICAL COASTAL REGIONS OF GUYANA AND AUSTRALIA _____________________________________________ By: Hemchandranauth Sambhu B.Sc. (Biology), University of Guyana, Guyana M.Sc. (Res: Plant and Environmental Sciences), University of Warwick, United Kingdom A thesis Prepared for the College of Science and Engineering, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy James Cook University February, 2018 DEDICATION ________________________________________________________ I dedicate this thesis to my wife, Alliea, and to our little girl who is yet to make her first appearance in this world. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ________________________________________________________ I would like to thank the Australian Government through their Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for graciously offering me a scholarship (Australia Aid Award – AusAid) to study in Australia. From the time of my departure from my home country in 2014, Alex Salvador, Katherine Elliott and other members of the AusAid team have always ensured that the highest quality of care was extended to me as a foreign student in a distant land. -
Morphological and Molecular Evidence Supports Recognition Of
Morphological and molecular evidence supports recognition of Cithaerias cliftoni (Constantino, 1995) as a species distinct from C. pireta (Stoll, 1780) and C. aurorina (Weymer, 1910) Luis Miguel Constantino 2016 Supplementary Material: Constantino, 2016. Revision of the tribe Haeterini (Lepidoptera: Satyirnae) Remarks on the nominal taxon Cithaerias cliftoni (Constantino, 1995) Cithaerias cliftoni Constantino, 1995 is a member of the tribe Haeterini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) confined to the Neotropical region. The butterflies of this tribe, are for the most part, readily distinguished from all other groups of the Satyrinae by having largely transparent wings with one or two ocelli and patches of color on the hindwing margin (Constantino 1992). C. cliftoni is a good species inhabiting the rainforests of the upper Amazon basin in the eastern slopes of the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and North of Peru, not sympatric with C. aurora (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) (Penz et. al. 2014). C. cliftoni was synonymized by Lamas (2004) with C. phantoma (Fassl, 1922) from Manicoré at Rio Madeira, Tefé and São Paulo de Olivença, Amazonas, Brazil, a very distant population from Colombia, however Lamas (1998) was not able to locate the type material of C. phantoma. As a result of this Penz et. al (2014) synonymized C. phantoma with C. aurora and reinstated C. cliftoni as a full species based on morphological differences of the genitalia. Geographical distribution C. cliftoni is found in the east slope of the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and North of Perú. In Colombia is found in the departments of Meta, Caquetá and Putumayo at an altitudinal range of 100 up to 800 m. -
Paleontology – Michael Kogan
BIOPH IL ATELY OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE BIOLOGY UNIT OF ATA DECEMBER 2020 VOLUME 69 NUMBER 4 c Now you see it, Now you don't: Transparency IN THIS ISSUE From the Interim Editor's Desk.....223 NEW ISSUES ARTICLES: President's Message.......................224 Botany – Christopher E. Dahle..........233 Fascinating Buttereflies with Transparent Secretary's Corner..........................224 Mammalia – Michael Prince..............242 Wings by Vladimir Kachan ...............226 News of Note.................................225 Ornithology – Glenn G. Mertz...........245 How Are Fossils Made? by Peter Voice ....229 Poczta Polska Butterflies...............241 Entomology – Donald Wright Jr........257 New Plants in the Philatelic Herbarium Brilliant Bugs from the Royal Mail...251 Paleontology – Michael Kogan........261 – Christopher Dahle...............238 Collecting by Theme: New Birds in the Philatelic Aviary Birds on Stamps by Ema Sikic ..252 – Charles E Braun...................255 Glossary ........................................272 Biology Reference Websites......................269 Index to Volume 69........................274 Renewal Form ..................Back Cover Page ii Biophilately September 2020 Vol. 69 (3) BIOPHILATELY BIOLOGY UNIT OF ATA Editor Laurie J. Ryan President Vacant 4134 Wenbrook Dr, Sharonville, OH 45241 [email protected] Associate Editors Glenn G. Mertz VicePresident Christopher E. Dahle Botany 625 N. Lafayette St., Allentown, PA 18104 1401 Linmar Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 [email protected] chris[email protected] Christopher E. Dahle Secretary/Treasurer 1401 Linmar Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402 Dr. Paul A. Mistretta Fungi chris[email protected] 4148 Commodore Dr., Atlanta, GA 30341 Directors [email protected] Alan J. Hanks (Ontario) (President Emeritus) Michael J. Prince Mammalia John Pereira (Massachusetts) 7 Station Rd, Whitchurch, Hampshire RG28 7EP UK Dr. -
Catalogue of Type Specimens 4. Linnaean Specimens
Uppsala University Museum of Evolution Zoology section Catalogue of type specimens. 4. Linnaean specimens 1 UPPSALA UNIVERSITY, MUSEUM OF EVOLUTION, ZOOLOGY SECTION (UUZM) Catalogue of type specimens. 4. Linnaean specimens The UUZM catalogue of type specimens is issued in four parts: 1. C.P.Thunberg (1743-1828), Insecta 2. General zoology 3. Entomology 4. Linnaean specimens (this part) Unlike the other parts of the type catalogue this list of the Linnaean specimens is heterogenous in not being confined to a physical unit of material and in not displaying altogether specimens qualifying as types. Two kinds of links connect the specimens in the list: one is a documented curatorial tradition referring listed material to collections handled and described by Carl von Linné, the other is associated with the published references by Linné to literary or material sources for which specimens are available in the Uppsala University Zoological Museum. The establishment of material being 'Linnaean' or not (for the ultimate purpose of a typification) involves a study of the history of the collections and a scrutiny of individual specimens. An important obstacle to an unequivocal interpretation is, in many cases, the fact that Linné did not label any of the specimens included in the present 'Linnaean collection' in Uppsala (at least there are no surviving labels or inscriptions with his handwriting or referable to his own marking of specimens; a single exception will be pointed out below in the historical survey). A critical examination must thus be based on the writings of Linné, a consideration of the relation between between these writings and the material at hand, and finally a technical and archival scrutiny of the curatorial arrangements that have been made since Linné's time. -
Zoology by Sajid Ali Enrollment No
Title- Diversity of butterflies of Azmat Abad village and Thanna Mandi District Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya For the award the degree of Masters of Philosophy in Zoology By Sajid Ali Enrollment No. AU191846 DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCE RABINDRANATH TAGORE UNIVERSITY BHOPAL. (M.P) Supervised by Dr Pragya Shrivestav HOD of life science RNTU, Bhopal Session 2019-2020 Title- Diversity of butterflies of Azmat Abad village and Thanna Mandi District Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya CERTIFICATE I hereby, certify that the work which is being presented in this dissertation ‘ Diversity Studies of Butterfly in Village Azmat Abad Thanna Mandi District Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya’.by Sajid Ali for the partial fulfilment of requirements of the award of degree of M. Phil (ZOOLOGY) submitted to the department of zoology at Rabindranath Tagore University is an authentic record of my own work carried out during the period of 2019-20 under the supervision of Dr Pragya Shrivastava Signature of student Sajid Ali This certify that the above Statement made by the candidate is correct to the best of my knowledge Supervised by Dr.Pragya Shrivastava Department of life science RNTU,Bhopal Title- Diversity of butterflies of Azmat Abad village and Thanna Mandi District Rajouri of Jammu and Kashmir Himalaya ACKNOLOWLEDGMENT - Read! For thy lord is most beautiful, Who has taught [ Man] the use of pen, [ AND] Taught man What he knew not! The Holy Quran All praise be to Allah- The Almighty, only with whose divine mercy and blessing it became possible for me to climb the ladder of education to this level. -
Claudio Crespo Ramírez. Autor [920] Versión 1 1/2018
Claudio Crespo Ramírez. Autor [920] versión 1 1/2018 La finca Santa Gertrudis se asienta en la parroquia Located in Panguintza parish and Zamora canton in Panguintza del cantón Zamora, provincia Zamora Ecuador’s Zamora Chinchipe province, the Santa Chinchipe y la cuál se caracteriza principalmente por Gertrudis farm is mainly dedicated to citrus production, presentar espacios cultivados de cítricos y otros with secondary crops of bananas, sugarcane and secundarios para banano, caña de azúcar y yuca. Sin cassava. The farm also harbors an important patch of embargo, dentro de los límites de la finca existe una native Evergreen Piedmont Forest that has been importante extensión de bosque nativo (Bosque declared a conservation area under the auspices of the Siempre Verde Piemontano) que ha sido declarada national Socio Bosque program. An initiative focused como un área de conservación dentro del programa on the moths and butterflies of this farm aims to inspire nacional Socio Bosque. En esta finca nació la iniciativa the local community by highlighting the most de mostrar a la comunidad del sector un tipo de charismatic group of insects of the animal kingdom, animales que por su hermosura, rareza, tamaños o blessed with beauty, rarity, sizes and forms to amaze formas asombran y deslumbran a cualquier espectador, and dazzle any viewer. These moths and butterflies, convirtiéndolos en el grupo de insectos más popularly known as "forest fairies" because their great carismáticos del reino animal. Además han recibido el beauty, are known by scientists as Lepidoptera mítico nombre de “hadas del bosque” por su gran (meaning scale winged). -
Systematics of Neotropical Satyrine Butterflies
Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 2001 Systematics of Neotropical Satyrine Butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) Based on Larval Morphology and DNA Sequence Data and the Evolution of Life History Traits. Debra Lynne Murray Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Murray, Debra Lynne, "Systematics of Neotropical Satyrine Butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) Based on Larval Morphology and DNA Sequence Data and the Evolution of Life History Traits." (2001). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 424. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/424 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly from the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. Broken or indistinct print, colored or poor quality illustrations and photographs, print bleedthrough, substandard margins, and improper alignment can adversely affect reproduction. In the unlikely event that the author did not send UMI a complete manuscript and there are missing pages, these will be noted. Also, if unauthorized copyright material had to be removed, a note will indicate the deletion. -
(SATYRINAE) from COSTA RICA the Genus Cithaerias Hubner
VOLUME 63, NUMBER 3 169 Journal of the Lepidopteri sts' Society 63(3),2009,169-172 EARLY STAGES AND NATURAL HISTORY OF CITHAERlAS P. PIRETA (SATYRINAE) FROM COSTA RICA LUIS RICARDO M URILLO-HILLER Museo de Insectos, Escuela de Agronomia, Universidad de Costa Rica; email: [email protected] ABS'IRACT. The early stages of Cithaerias pireta are described from a Costa Rican lowland rain forest on the Caribbean slope. The host plant is Philodendron herbaceum (Areaceae), which grows in the dark understory areas in very humid habitats. Implications for palatability and mimicry are discussed with respect to the bright colors of the adults of this and related genera. The caterpillars had five instars and the total cy cle from egg to butterfly eclosion lasted 66 days. Photographs and descriptions are provided of the lruvae and pupa, and obselVations on behav ior, habitat and host plants are discussed. Additional key words: Cithaerias menander, Pierella helvetia, Dulcedo polita, Haetera madeannania, Philodendron herbaceum, Batesian mimicry, Mullerian mimicry. The genus Cithaerias Hubner (1819) is a neotropical MATERIALS AND METHODS group of Satyrinae which is recognized by their largely An extensive search for butterfly larvae was carried transparent wings (DeVries 1987). According to Lamas out on 18 November 2006, at the Rain Forest Aerial et al. (2004) there are five species, and only one occurs Tram property (450m), on the border of Braulio Carrillo in Central America. This genus is found from Mexico National Park, Lim6n, Costa Rica, 10° 10' 47.76" N, 83° through the Amazon basin where it is more diverse. In 55' 07.66" W. -
Toshio Sekimura · H. Frederik Nijhout Editors an Integrative Approach
Toshio Sekimura · H. Frederik Nijhout Editors Diversity and Evolution of Butter y Wing Patterns An Integrative Approach Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns Invited speakers, poster presenters, and other participants in the IABP-2016 meeting. H. Frederik Nijhout ( front row center) and Toshio Sekimura ( front row, second from right). Just outside the meeting room of the Active Plaza of Chubu University, August 3, 2016. Toshio Sekimura • H. Frederik Nijhout Editors Diversity and Evolution of Butterfly Wing Patterns An Integrative Approach Editors Toshio Sekimura H. Frederik Nijhout Department of Biological Chemistry Department of Biology Chubu University Duke University Kasugai, Aichi, Japan Durham, NC, USA ISBN 978-981-10-4955-2 ISBN 978-981-10-4956-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-4956-9 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017948986 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. This book is published open access. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. -
Paradulcedo, a New Genus of Satyrinae (Nymphalidae) from Western Colombia
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 46( 1). 1992. 44- 53 PARADULCEDO, A NEW GENUS OF SATYRINAE (NYMPHALIDAE) FROM WESTERN COLOMBIA LUIS M. CONSTANTINO Apartado Aereo 1676, Cali, Colombia ABSTRACT. Paradulcedo, new genus, is proposed for the satyrid butterfly originally described as Callitaera mimica Rosenberg & Talbot. This little known species, endemic to western Colombia, has long been considered a member of the genus Cithaerias, from which it is quite distinct. Descriptions of the wing venation and male genitalia are given. Paradulcedo is compared to members of the genera Dulcedo, Pseudohaetera, Raetera, Cithaerias, and Pierella. Additional key words: Dulcedo, Pseudohaetera, Raetera, Cithaerias, Pterella. The tribe Haeterini contains five genera: Cithaerias Hiibner, Dulcedo d' Almeida, Pseudohaetera Brown, Haetera Fabricius, and Pierella Her rich-Schaeffer. All five are confined to the Neotropical Region (Miller 1968, Masters 1970, Smart 1976, D'Abrera 1989) and all occur in Co lombia. The butterflies of this tribe are, for the most part, readily distinguished from all other groups of the Satyrinae by having largely transparent wings with one or two ocelli and patches of color on the hind wing margin. The only exception to this description is the genus Pierella which has brown coloration on the upper wings and brilliant patches of color on the hind wing distal area with a variable number of ocelli. The genus Dulcedo is monotypic containing the single species D. polita (Hewitson, 1869) (Fig. ll), which ranges from Nicaragua to Western Colombia (DeVries 1987). The genus Pseudohaetera also con tains a single species, P. hypaesia (Hewitson, 1868), distributed from Colombia to Bolivia (Weymer 1924, Brown 1942, Smart 1976) where it is confined to the Andean region between 1200-2500 m.