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The Genus Acraea (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) - Peter Hendry
The genus Acraea (Lepidoptera : Nymphalidae) - Peter Hendry With the recent migration to Australia of the Tawny Coster (Acraea terpsicore (Linnaeus, 1758)), (see Creature Feature this issue), I thought it might be timely to take a look at the genus worldwide. It must be noted that due to a misidentification A. terpsicore had long been known as A. violae and many references in the literature and on the web refer to it as A. violae. As with much of the Lepidoptera the genus is in a state of flux, and has long been split into the subgenera Acraea (Acraea) and Acraea (Actinote). The genus is placed in the tribe Acraeini and until Harvey (1991) placed it in the subfamily Heliconiinae it was listed in the subfamily Acraeinae. Recent molecular work has made changes and a current listing of the tribe Acraeini, by Niklas Wahlberg, is available at http://www.nymphalidae.net/Classification/Acraeini.htm. It shows members of the old subgenus Acraea (Actinote) being placed in the genus Actinote, and the old subgenus Acraea (Acraea) becoming the genus Acraea with a subgenus Acraea (Bematistes). It also lists several Acraea as unplaced. This may further change as some believe the subgenus Acraea (Bematistes) will move to the genus Bematistes. The genus is primarily Afrotropical with only four species occurring outside this region, these being, Acraea andromacha (Fig. 1) A. meyeri (Fig. 10) A. moluccana and A. terpsicore. A fifth species the Yellow Coster Acraea (Actinote) issoria is now referred to the genus Actinote. Like many of the Nymphalidae the larvae feed on plants which contain cyanogens making the larvae and adults poisonous to predators. -
John Oscar Stireman III Curriculum Vitae
John Oscar Stireman III Curriculum Vitae Professor Department of Biological Sciences 3640 Colonel Glen Hwy 235A BH, Wright State University Dayton, OH 45435 [email protected] 937-775-3192 Academic Experience____________________________________________________ Professor, Biological Sciences, Wright State University; 2014 - present Associate Professor, Biological Sciences, Wright State University; 2009 - 2014 Assistant professor, Biological Sciences, Wright State University; 2005 – 2009 Research Associate, Museo Ecuatoriano de Ciencias Naturales, Sección Invertebrados, Ecuador, 2014 – present Doctoral Evaluation Committee, Environmental and Evolutionary Biology PhD program, Dipartimento di Biologia Ambientale, Universitá di Roma (2017-present). Postdoctoral fellow: Host race formation and population phylogeography of insect herbivores and their parasitoids. Advisor: John Nason; Iowa State University; 8/02-7/05 Postdoctoral fellow: Parasitoid-host and plant-insect ecological interactions. Advisor: Lee Dyer; Tulane University; 5/01-8/02. PhD. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona: The ecology and evolution of tachinid-host associations. Advisor: Nancy A. Moran, 4/2001. BS, biology, University of Utah (evolution and ecology emphasis), 5/1993 Scholarships, Fellowships, and Grants_______________________________________ National Science Foundation/FAPSEP (Brazil): Collaborative Research: Dimensions US- Biota Sao Paulo: Chemically mediated multi-trophic interaction diversity across tropical gradients (M. Kato, L. Dyer et al.). WSU portion: $266,000, 11/25/2014. National Science Foundation REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates): Supplement to DEB: Collaborative research: The Phylogeny and Evolution of World Tachinidae (Diptera). $7,300, 5/1/2014. National Science Foundation MRI: Acquisition of Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine to establish high-throughput sequencing capability for ecological and environmental biology (with PIs O. Paliy, S. Baird, J. Peters, D. Cipollini). $123,300, 8/1/2013. -
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. -
A New and Rare Actinote Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) from Southeastern Brazil
Neotrop Entomol https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-020-00765-y SYSTEMATICS, MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY A New and Rare Actinote Hübner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) from Southeastern Brazil 1 2 3 1 1 4 AVL FREITAS ,RBFRANCINI ,OHHMIELKE ,AHBROSA ,LMMAGALDI ,KLSILVA-BRANDÃO 1Depto de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Univ Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil 2Lab de Biologia da Conservação, Univ Católica de Santos, Santos, São Paulo, Brasil 3Depto de Zoologia, Lab de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Univ Federal do Paraná – UFPR, Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil 4Centro de Ciências Naturais e Humanas, Univ Federal do ABC, Santo André, São Paulo, Brasil Keywords Abstract Actinote eberti, Actinote zikani, Atlantic The present paper describes a new species of Actinote (Nymphalidae, Forest, Itatiaia, Serra da Mantiqueira Heliconiinae, Acraeini), Actinote keithbrowni Freitas, Francini & Mielke Correspondence sp. nov., from southeastern Brazil, based on morphological and molecular A.V.L. Freitas, Depto de Biologia Animal and data. The new species is very similar in wing pattern to Actinote eberti, Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, “ ” Univ Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São within what we term the light-gray mimicry complex. The host plants Paulo13083-862, Brasil; [email protected] and immature stages of the new species are unknown. Actinote keithbrowni sp. nov. is one of the rarest species of Actinote from Brazil: Edited by Takumasa Kondo – CORPOICA in total, only eight individuals of this species are known from a narrow Received 6 December 2019 and accepted 6 region of the Itatiaia massif despite years of collecting effort in that region February 2020 since the 1940s. -
Butterflies and Vegetation in Restored Gullies of Different Ages at the Colombian Western Andes*
BOLETÍN CIENTÍFICO ISSN 0123 - 3068 bol.cient.mus.hist.nat. 14 (2): 169 - 186 CENTRO DE MUSEOS MUSEO DE HISTORIA NATURAL BUTTERFLIES AND VEGETATION IN RESTORED GULLIES OF DIFFERENT AGES AT THE COLOMBIAN WESTERN ANDES* Oscar Ascuntar-Osnas1, Inge Armbrecht1 & Zoraida Calle2 Abstract Erosion control structures made with green bamboo Guadua angustifolia and high density plantings have been combined efficiently for restoring gullies in the Andean hillsides of Colombia. However, the effects of these practices on the native fauna have not been evaluated. Richness and abundance of diurnal lepidopterans were studied between 2006-2007 in five 10 m2 transects within each of eight gullies. Four gullies restored using the method mentioned above (6, 9, 12 and 23 months following intervention), each with its corresponding control (unrestored gully) were sampled four times with a standardized method. A vegetation inventory was done at each gully. More individuals and species (971, 84 respectively) were found in the restored gullies than in the control ones (501, 66). The number of butterfly species tended to increase with rehabilitation time. Ten plant species, out of 59, were important sources of nectar for lepidopterans. Larval parasitoids were also found indicating the presence of trophic chains in the study area. This paper describes the rapid and positive response of diurnal adult butterflies to habitat changes associated with ecological rehabilitation of gullies through erosion control structures and high density planting. Introducing and maintaining a high biomass and diversity of plants may help to reestablish the food chain and ecological processes in degraded Andean landscapes. Key words: ecological restoration, erosion control, Guadua angustifolia, Lepidoptera, nectar. -
(Nymphalidae, Heliconiinea, Acraeini), Butterflies, from a Tritrophic Perspective
Wright State University CORE Scholar Browse all Theses and Dissertations Theses and Dissertations 2015 Limitations of Host Plant use in Two Andean Altinote (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinea, Acraeini), Butterflies, from a Tritrophic Perspective Karen M. Pedersen Wright State University Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/etd_all Part of the Biology Commons Repository Citation Pedersen, Karen M., "Limitations of Host Plant use in Two Andean Altinote (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinea, Acraeini), Butterflies, from a Tritrophic Perspective" (2015). Browse all Theses and Dissertations. 1278. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/etd_all/1278 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Theses and Dissertations at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Browse all Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact [email protected]. LIMITATIONS OF HOST PLANT USE IN TWO ANDEAN ALTINOTE (NYMPHALIDAE, HELICONIINEA, ACRAEINI), BUTTERFLIES, FROM A TRITROPHIC PERSPECTIVE. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science BY KAREN M PEDERSEN B.S., Wright State University, 2009 2015 Wright State University i WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL April 21, 2015 Date I HEREBY RECOMMEND THAT THE THESIS PREPARED UNDER MY SUPERVISION BY Karen M Pedersen ENTITLED Limitations of Host Plant Use in Two Andean Altinote (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinea, Acraeini), Butterflies, from a Tritrophic Perspective BE ACCEPTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE. John O Stireman III, Ph.D. David L. Goldstein, Ph.D. Chair, Department of Biological Sciences Committee on Final Examination Don Cipollini, Ph.D. -
Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini)
44 TROP. LEPID. RES., 23(1): 44-53, 2013 DUQUE ET AL.: Inmaduros de Altinote trinacria ESTADIOS INMADUROS E HISTORIA NATURAL DE LA MARIPOSA DE LOS ANDES ALTINOTE TRINACRIA CF UNICOLOR (NYMPHALIDAE: HELICONIINAE: ACRAEINI) Patricia Duque V.1,3, Andres Velez B.2, Juan David Marin U1, Eliana M. Flores B. 1, Diana L. Castillo1 and Marta Wolff2 1 Museo Entomológico Piedras Blancas, Comfenalco Antioquia. Medellín-Colombia. E-mail: [email protected]; 2 Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia GEUA, Universidad de Antioquia. Calle 67, no. 53-108, Medellín-Colombia, AA 1226. E-mail: [email protected]; 3 Corresponding Author. Abstract - The immature stages (eggs, larvae and pupae), oviposition and larval behavior of Altinote trinacria cf. unicolor (Talbot, 1932), are described here for the first time. Eggs were laid in groups on the undersides of leaves. Larvae were reared from egg clutches collected from the host plantOligactes volubilis (Kunth) Cass (Asteraceae). The number of instars varied from eight to nine within the same egg clutch, and the corresponding development time from the first instar larva to adult varied from 108 to 115 days. Larvae were gregarious except in the last and penultimate instar. Larvae showed similar morphology and behavior to those previously described for Altinote ozomene (Godart, 1819) from the northern Andes and various species of Actinote Hübner, 1819 from southeastern Brazil and the Andes. Key words: Host plant; immature behavior; Lepidoptera; life cycle; neotropical Resumen - Los estados inmaduros (huevos, larvas y pupas), oviposición y comportamiento larval de Altinote trinacria cf. Unicolor (Talbot, 1932) son descritos aquí por primera vez. -
A Study of an Indicator Insect Group in Southern Mexico
FOREST MANAGeMeNT ANd BIODIVERSITy: A sTUDY oF AN INdICATOR INSECT GROUP IN SOUTHERN MeXICo Yariely del Rocío Balam-Ballote and Jorge L. León-Cortés SUMMARY Previous studies on succesional dynamics of insect commu- use and geographic range for 63 butterfly species was detected nities have revealed important changes along succesional sta- (χ²= 13.26, df= 1, p<0.005). Species with narrow geographic ges among community structures and insect life histories. This ranges were usually grouped in unmodified habitats, whereas work evaluates the changes and diversity of a butterfly fauna in widespread species were much more likely to make some use a forest-managed landscape in Southern Mexico. One-hundred of human-modified habitats. A declining proportion of species and forty three species were collected belonging to 102 genera restricted to unmodified, or primary, habitats with increasing in five families. Nymphalidae was the most diverse family with geographic range was quantified. Forest-management practices 54 species (38%). Rarefaction and rank abundance curves re- on local habitats as well as differences among species’ habi- corded in each forest stand suggested important differences for tat preferences and geographical distributions can account for species richness values at comparable levels of sampling effort. an increasing proportion of widespread species in the study Species abundances were positively correlated with their lands- landscape and comparable sites. Monitoring of insect indicator cape distribution sizes. Based on field observations and on li- groups in extractive landscapes is needed to establish guidelines terature review, a designation of habitat preferences for a set for ecologically, economically, and socially sustainable forest of species was given. -
Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini)
ZOOLOGIA 28 (5): 593–602, October, 2011 doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702011000500007 Immature stages and natural history of the Andean butterfly Altinote ozomene (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) Patricia Duque Velez1, 3; Hugo Hernando Vargas Montoya2 & Marta Wolff2 1 Museo Entomológico Piedras Blancas, Comfenalco Antioquia. Medellín-Colombia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Grupo de Entomología Universidad de Antioquia GEUA, Universidad de Antioquia. Calle 67, no. 53-108, Medellín-Colombia, AA 1226. E-mail: [email protected] 3 Corresponding Author. ABSTRACT. The immature stages (eggs, larvae and pupae), oviposition and larval behavior of Altinote ozomene (Godart, 1819) are described here for the first time. Larvae were reared from egg clutches collected from the host plants Erato vulcanica (Klatt) H.Rob and Munnozia senecionidis Benth (Asteraceae). Eggs were laid in groups on the undersides of leaves. The number of instars varied from five to eight within the same egg clutch, and the corresponding development time from larva to adult varied from 91 to 115 days. Most (72%) larvae pupated during the sixth instar. The first four instars fed only on the leaf cuticle, whereas later instars consumed the whole leaf. Larvae were gregarious during all instars but rested together only during the day in later instars, either hidden inside dry leaves, on the stem at the base of the host plants, or in the leaf litter. Larvae showed similar morphology and behavior to those previously described for species of Actinote Hübner, 1819 from southeastern Brazil and the Andes. KEY WORDS. Host plant; immature behavior; Lepidoptera; life cycle; neotropical. The nymphalid Acraeini (Lepidoptera) comprises between MATERIAL AND METHODS one and seven genera, depending on the taxonomy adopted, and occurs both in the Neotropics and the Old World, with the The study was conducted between January 2006 and greatest diversity in Africa (SILVA-BRANDÃO et al. -
9-3 29 May 2021
Volume 9 Number 3 29 May 2021 The Taxonomic Report OF THE INTERNATIONAL LEPIDOPTERA SURVEY ISSN 2643-4776 (print) / ISSN 2643-4806 (online) Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy Jing Zhang2,3, Qian Cong2,4, Jinhui Shen2,3, Paul A. Opler5 and Nick V. Grishin1,2,3* 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Departments of 2Biophysics and 3Biochemistry, and 4Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Blvd., Dallas, TX 75390-9050, USA; 5Department of Agricultural Biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1177, USA. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT. Continuing with comparative genomic exploration of worldwide butterfly fauna, we use all protein- coding genes as they are retrieved from the whole genome shotgun sequences for phylogeny construction. Analysis of these genome-scale phylogenies projected onto the taxonomic classification and the knowledge about butterfly phenotypes suggests further refinements of butterfly taxonomy that are presented here. As a general rule, we assign most prominent clades of similar genetic differentiation to the same taxonomic rank, and use criteria based on relative population diversification and the extent of gene exchange for species delimitation. As a result, 7 tribes, 4 subtribes, 14 genera, and 9 subgenera are proposed as new, i.e., in subfamily Pierinae Swainson, 1820: Calopierini Grishin, trib. n. (type genus Calopieris Aurivillius, 1898); in subfamily Riodininae Grote, 1895: Callistiumini Grishin, trib. n. (type genus Callistium Stichel, 1911); in subfamily Nymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815: Pycinini Grishin, trib. n. (type genus Pycina Doubleday 1849), Rhinopalpini Grishin, trib. n. (type genus Rhinopalpa C. & R. Felder 1860), Kallimoidini Grishin, trib. -
Notes on Mexican Actinote (Nymphalidae: Acraeinae) and Their Relatives, with Description of a New Subspecies
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 32(4), 1978, 261-272 NOTES ON MEXICAN ACTINOTE (NYMPHALIDAE: ACRAEINAE) AND THEIR RELATIVES, WITH DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SUBSPECIES JACQUELINE Y. MILLER AND LEE D. MILLER Allyn Museum of Entomology, 3701 Bay Shore Road, Sarasota, Florida 33580 ABSTRACT. The application of names described for South American species to their Central American, and especially Mexican, counterparts has led to great con fusion in the literature. Actinote stratonice oaxaca is described from Oaxaca, Mexico; this insect had been reported previously as the nominate subspecies. Three species of the Actinote thalia group, A. calderoni, lapitha and thalia are illustrated, redescribed and discussed. A key for the separation of the three species is provided. The first two species are recorded from Mexico-calderoni had been previously misidentified as lapitha from there. One name, A. lapitha zilchi Franz and Schroder, is synony mized to calderoni. Collecting in Mexico over the past forty years has yielded many butterfly species that were previously unknown from there, not a few of which were totally unexpected. These unexpected taxa have created many problems, usually for one of two reasons: 1) the butterfly was an already described Central or South American species and was de scribed as new from Mexico because of a lack of comparative material or an ignorance of the pertinent literature; or 2) many species (espe cially those figured and described in Seitz) incorrectly have been as cribed to the Mexican fauna, again because of a lack of adequate comparative material. Both situations are well demonstrated in the Nymphalidae: Acraeinae. The Hoffmann (1940) catalog lists only four species of this subfamily within the borders of Mexico, but recent collecting has uncovered one that has been misidentified in collections and in correspondence-the one with which the first-mentioned species had been confused and an undescribed subspecies of a well-known South American insect. -
NEW SPECIES of ACTINOTE HOBNER (NYMPHALIDAE: ACRAEINAE) from SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL Butterflies of the Genus Actinote Hubner (Acrae
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 50(4), 1996, 309- 320 NEW SPECIES OF ACTINOTE HOBNER (NYMPHALIDAE: ACRAEINAE) FROM SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL CARLA M, PENZl Department of Zoology, University of Texas, Austin, Texas 78712, USA AND RONALDa B. FHANCINI Museu d e Zoologia da Universidade de Sao Paulo, c.P. 7172 Sao Paulo, SP 01064-970, Brasil ABSTRACT. Three new species of Actinote (Acraeinae) from southeastern and south ern Brazil are described: Actinote dalmeidai, A. catarina and A. bonita, Diagnoses and illustrations are provided for the new species and for the previously described A. alalia , A. conspicua, A. 8urima, and A. quadra, Additional key words. Actinote dalmeidai, A. catarina, A. honda, mimicry, Butte rflies of the genus Actinote Hubner (Acraeinae) are well known for their involve ment in Mulle rian mimicry complexes (Brown & Ben son 1974, Francini 1989, Brown & Francini 1990) and for their intra specific variation in wing coloration and pattern. These two features ac count for the large number of varieties, subspecies, and species that have been described since the beginning of this century. The species de scribed herein belong to the "orangish re d mimicry complex" of Francini (1989) and the "alalia mimicry complex" of Brown and Francini (1990), both of which include the deep orange colored Actinote alalia (Felder), A. conspicua (Jordan), and A. surima Schaus. Species in this mimicry complex are generally univoltine, the adults fly ing during the wet season. They are restricted to forested areas in which the humidity is high all year long. In latitudes south of 23°S, they are found only at elevations above 1000 m.