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Issue: Vol. 4688 No. 4: 24 Oct. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-10-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.4.8
Page range: 569–577
Abstract views: 81
PDF downloaded: 1

Immature stages of Neptis reducta Fruhstorfer, 1908 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Neptini): morphology, ecology and food specialty

Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, R. O. C.
Fu-Sing Elementary School, Zhonghe Dist., New Taipei City, Taiwan 235, R. O. C.
Butterfly Conservation Society of Taiwan, N. 19, Lane 103, Wancyuan St., Datong District, Taipei 103, Taiwan, R. O. C.
Department of Life Science, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan 116, R. O. C.
Institute of Oceanography, Minjiang University, Fuzhou 350108, P. R. China.
Lepidoptera Life history hostplant Neptis nata Neptis sappho Aphananthe aspera Cannabaceae

Abstract

Neptis reducta Fruhsorfer, 1908 is currently recognized as a nymphalid butterfly found only in Taiwan and Thailand, with previously recorded larval hostplant and immature biology involving mis-identifications. The present study recognizes Aphananthe aspera (Cannabaceae) as the sole larval hostplant for N. reducta, and the nymphalid butterfly is the first known lepidopterous insect specialized on Aphananthe.

 

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