Morfologia externa do adulto de Actinote melanisans (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini)

Abstract

A morfologia externa do adulto de A. melanisans Oberthür, 1917 é descrita e ilustrada. Os resultados obtidos foram comparados com outros já publicados para a morfologia externa de Nymphalidae (Danainae, Brassolinae/Brassolini sensu CASAGRANDE (2004), Morphinae/Morphini sensu LAMAS (2004a), Ithomiinae e Charaxinae). É apresentado um padrão para a caracterização morfológica do gênero, sendo esse o primeiro estudo detalhado de morfologia de uma espécie de Acraeini, agregando informações úteis para subsidiar a análise filogenética das espécies Neotropicais.

External morphology of the adult of Dynamine postverta (Cramer) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Biblidinae) and patterns of morphological similarity among species from eight tribes of Nymphalidae

“…Up to now, such a feature, seems unique to the genus Dynamine, as observed in Dynamine chiquita Willmott & Hall, 2010(Willmott & Hall 2010 (Jenkins 1983(Jenkins , 1984(Jenkins , 1985a(Jenkins ,b, 1986(Jenkins , 1987(Jenkins , 1989(Jenkins , 1990. The absence of signa within the body of the bursa copulatrix of D. postverta postverta is shared with the Acraeini and Mechanitini (Bizarro et al 2003c;Paluch et al 2008). However, in other individuals of Biblidinae the signa are present (Jenkins 1983(Jenkins , 1987, as well as in other tribes of Male's genitalia: 32,dorsal view;33,posterior view;[34][35][36][37]left lateral view;35,dorsal view;36,right lateral view;37,ventral view.…”

“…Comparative aspects were treated based on other similar studies of the Nymphalidae (Tables I and II), using morphological drawings and descriptions in the referred studies, focusing on one species from each tribe, according to the classification proposed by Lamas (2004), as follows: Morpho helenor violaceus Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Morphinae, Morphini) (Bilotta 1992(Bilotta , 1994a; Caligo beltrao (Illiger, 1801) (Morphinae, Brassolini) (Casagrande 1979a,b,c); Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Danainae, Danaini) (Ehrlich 1958); Agrias claudina anneta (Gray, 1832) (Charaxinae, Preponini) (Mielke et al 2004a,b,c); Memphis moruus stheno (Prittwitz, 1865) (Charaxinae, Anaeini) (Dias et al 2010); Actinote melanisans Oberthür, 1917 (Heliconiinae, Acraeini) (Paluch et al 2008) and Thyridia psidii cetoides (Rosenberg & Talbot, 1914) (Ithomiinae, Mechanitini) (Bizarro et al 2003a,b,c).…”

“…The terminology used mostly follows Ehrlich (1958), with modifications from the classical and recent literature for the Lepidoptera (Snodgrass 1935;Matsuda 1965;1970;1976;Casagrande 1979a,b,c;Scoble 1992;Mielke et al 2004a,b,c;Paluch et al 2008;Leite et al 2010a,b;2011).…”

“…However, if the number of subfamilies is considered (sensu Lamas 2004), less than half of them are described through morphological studies of the head, thorax and abdomen, among them, Danainae (Ehrlich 1958); Ithomiinae (Bizarro et al 2003a,b,c); Morphinae (Casagrande 1979a,b,c;Bilotta 1992;1994a,b); Charaxinae (Mielke et al 2004a,b,c;Dias et al 2010) and Heliconiinae (Paluch et al 2008).…”

Morfologia do exoesqueleto de adultos de Memphis moruus stheno (Pritwittz) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae)

“…Trabalhos de morfologia detalhada, incluindo cabeça, tórax e abdome de espécies de Hesperioidea e Papilionoidea abrangem espécies das famílias Hesperiidae (Ehrlich 1960), Papilionidae (Srivastava 1957(Srivastava , 1961(Srivastava , 1962(Srivastava , 1966, Lycaenidae (Sorensen 1980;Duarte et al 2001;Duarte 2007) e Nymphalidae (Ehrlich 1958a;Casagrande 1979a, b, c, d;Bilotta 1993Bilotta , 1995aBizarro et al 2003a, b, c;Mielke et al 2004a, b, c;Paluch et al 2008).…”