Butterfly Feeding on Lycopsid
- 25 June 1971
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 172 (3990) , 1341-1342
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.172.3990.1341
Abstract
Larvae of Euptychia westwoodi feed on Selaginella , a lycopsid. This is the first feeding record in the Satyrinae outside the monocotyledons and one of the few records of a butterfly feeding on other than a seed plant. Clues to possible evolutionary origins of this habit are found in the oviposition behavior of other Euptychia species.Keywords
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