External morphology of the adult of Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]) (Lepidoptera - Papilionidae) I: head, cephalic appendages and cervical region

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Exoskeleton Morphology of Three Species of Preponini, with Discussion of Morphological Similarities among Neotropical Charaxinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)—I. Head, Cephalic Appendages, and Cervix

“…Illustrations were made with a stereoscopic microscope coupled to a camera lucida. Further details of some structures were obtained using scanning electron micrographs, following the standard procedures of Kaminski et al (2008) and Leite et al (2010). The terminology used follows Ehrlich (1958a, b), Casagrande (1979), Mielke et al (2004a), and Kawahara et al (2012).…”

External morphology of the adult of Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hübner, [1809]) (Lepidoptera - Papilionidae) II: Thorax and thoracic appendages

“…The origin of the material, as well as the treatment of the structures, confection of the illustrations and elaboration of the photographical materials by scanning electronic microscope, followed the same methodology of the previous study about head and its appendages (Leite et al, 2010). The wings were removed from the dry sample with forceps and scissors and then bleached in Petri plates, at first by putting in alcohol (70%), then immersed in Sodium Hypochlorite (NaOCl) until the total clearing, later submersed again in alcohol (70%) and then removed and dried with absorbent paper.…”

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

“…Illustrations were made with a stereoscopic microscope coupled to a camera lucida. Further details of some structures were obtained using photographs from a scanning electron microscope following standard procedures (Kaminski et al 2008;Leite et al 2010a).…”

“…Considering the importance of detailed morphological descriptions for taxonomic and systematic studies of Lepidoptera (Leite et al 2010a) and the absence of such studies for the Biblidinae, this paper aims to detail the external morphology in both sexes of Dynamine postverta postverta (Cramer,1779) and compare the results with previously published morphological descriptions of other Nymphalidae, thus contributing to the systematic knowledge of the family, and assisting future research on the Neotropical Biblidinae.…”