Ciclo de vida y notas ecológicas de Antirrhea geryon Felder y Felder, 1862 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Morphini) en Cundinamarca, Colombia

Abstract

Objective: The first description of immature stages of the species Antirrhea geryon Felder and Felder, 1862, is presented. Some of the ecological interactions are specified, such as the presence of idiobiont parasitoid wasps, and Geonoma undata palm is reported as the host plant. Scope: Contributing to the knowledge of the immature stages of the genus Antirrhea allows for the improvement of taxonomic classification. Methodology: Breeding points were established in the Chicaque Natural Park, and the monitoring was also carried out under laboratory and greenhouse conditions at the Natural History Museum of the National Pedagogical University (NHM-NPU), where morphological changes of Antirrhea geryon were recorded using formats for monitoring the insect life cycle. Results: The life cycle of this species had a duration of 125 days under laboratory conditions, from the egg phase until adult emergence, and 132 days in natural conditions, with evidence of greater survival in the breeding conducted in the field. Conclusions: During the follow-up, color and size changes of the immature stages were observed. Additionally, a contrast was established between the duration of the life cycle and the survival of adults obtained in the field and in the laboratory, whose differences are inferred to be due to environmental changes in temperature, relative humidity, and luminosity in both locations.

Keywords

description of immature stages

ecological interactions

cloud forest

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