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1 June 2019 A New Herbivory Report from Southeastern Brazil: Aristolochia hypoglauca Kuhlm (Piperales: Aristolochiaceae) as a Host Plant for Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)
Joelcio Freitas, Diego Vinícius Braun, Lorena Tonini, Arlindo Serpa-Filho, Anderson Alves-Araújo
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Abstract

Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Papilionidae, Troidini) has a close ecological relationship with species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), which has been treated as an example of coevolution. All species of the Troidini feed almost exclusively on Aristolochia. Here we report a case of herbivory by B. polydamas on Aristolochia hypoglauca from Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, as a new host plant record.

Joelcio Freitas, Diego Vinícius Braun, Lorena Tonini, Arlindo Serpa-Filho, and Anderson Alves-Araújo "A New Herbivory Report from Southeastern Brazil: Aristolochia hypoglauca Kuhlm (Piperales: Aristolochiaceae) as a Host Plant for Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)," Entomological News 128(4), 336-341, (1 June 2019). https://doi.org/10.3157/021.128.0404
Received: 1 November 2017; Accepted: 7 August 2018; Published: 1 June 2019
KEYWORDS
Atlantic forest
butterflies
predation
vine
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