Seasonal Patterns of Host Plant Use in an Assemblage of Heliconiini Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in a Neotropical forest

Ramos, Renato Rogner; Francini, Ronaldo Bastos; Habib, Μ. Ε. M.; Freitas, André Victor Lucci

doi:10.1007/s13744-021-00855-5

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“…In addition, the amplitudes of moisture variation are reduced the deeper one goes into the soil. Thus, some caterpillars of large moths such as the Sphingidae may form chrysalidation lodges between 30 and 50 centimetres deep, allowing migratory tropical species of this family to complete their full cycle in mid-Europe, whereas a temperature of −3/−4 • C is lethal for these insects [120]. Only one species of Papilionoidea in the world, the most evolutionary primitive; Baronia brevicornis pupates in the soil [22].…”

Section: Chrysalidsmentioning

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“Lepidoptera Flies”, but Not Always…Interactions of Caterpillars and Chrysalis with Soil

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2022

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Lepidoptera, an order of insects traditionally linked to the aerial habitat, are much more diverse in their living environment than the clichéd image we may have of them. The imago stage, which is the most visible in these insects, is not the one that has the most interaction with the environment (usually caterpillars) nor the one that lasts the longest (very often chrysalises). These two stages are often directly related to litter and soil, although only the interaction at the pupal stage seems to follow a phylogenetic logic with two independent evolutionary events for the preference with soil: Use of litter and the upper “O” horizon as protection against predation for the evolutionarily oldest Lepidoptera families, pupation at greater depths (up to 60 centimetres in extreme cases) for the most derived Lepidoptera families; this probably to take advantage of the thermal and moisture buffer provided by the soil. An estimate suggests that about 25% of lepidopteran species worldwide have more or less obligatory interactions with soil.

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“Lepidoptera Flies”, but Not Always…Interactions of Caterpillars and Chrysalis with Soil

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2022

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“…Multivoltine species, by contrast, have to overcome seasonal variation in resource quality and availability. Some butterfly species, for instance, were found to shift their host preferences among subsequent generations in order to increase larval performance (Nylin 1988, Nylin et al 2009, Ramos et al 2021). Herbivore taxa with the capability to realise multiple generations per year should thus be less selective in resource use than univoltine species.…”

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Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size and voltinism

Seifert,

Fiedler

2023

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Diet breadth is one of the fundamental species traits of an herbivorous insect as it strongly determines its ecological niche and, at the same time, its ability to cope with changing environmental conditions. To what extent this trait is associated with other characteristics that may influence a species' ability to respond to environmental changes, however, is yet poorly understood. Using European butterflies as a model group of holometabolous insect herbivores, we here tested whether larval diet breadth is positively related with latitudinal range size (i.e. north–south extent of global distribution), voltinism and adult body size. We further investigated whether range size, voltinism, and body size are associated with each other. In order to test for these relationships, we based our analyses on a solid, time‐calibrated butterfly phylogeny as well as on an updated host plant database that reflects interactions between butterfly larvae and their food plants in a yet unparalleled breadth and depth. We further calculated two measures to reflect the fundamental dietary niche of a species: taxonomic diet breadth and phylogenetic diet breadth. Irrespective of diet breadth measure, we found that diet breadth increases with latitudinal range size. We further found an overall higher diet breadth for species that are capable to realise multiple broods per year (i.e. multivoltine species) compared to obligatorily univoltine species. Contrary to expectation, our results indicated a negative relationship between larval diet breadth and adult body size. Regarding our explorative analyses, we observed a positive link between voltinism and latitudinal range size, while neither one of these variables was associated with body size. Taken together, our study shows that larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size and voltinism are positively linked in European butterflies, and we argue that these interrelationships are important in determining a species' overall potential to cope with changing environmental conditions.

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Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages: Trends, Changes, and the Importance of Monitoring Schemes in Neotropical Environments

Freitas,

Gueratto,

Carreira

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Insect Decline and Conservation in the Neotropics

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Seasonal Patterns of Host Plant Use in an Assemblage of Heliconiini Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in a Neotropical forest

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

“Lepidoptera Flies”, but Not Always…Interactions of Caterpillars and Chrysalis with Soil

“Lepidoptera Flies”, but Not Always…Interactions of Caterpillars and Chrysalis with Soil

Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size and voltinism

Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Assemblages: Trends, Changes, and the Importance of Monitoring Schemes in Neotropical Environments

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