Food Plants of 19 butterflies species (Lepidoptera) from Loreto, Peru

oleh: Joel Vásquez Bardales, Ricardo Zárate Gómez, Percy Huiñapi Canaquiri, Julio Pinedo Jiménez, Juan José Ramírez Hernández, Gerardo Lamas, Pedro Vela García

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos 2017-04-01

Deskripsi

This work reports the food plants utilized by 19 species of butterflies from Allpahuayo-Mishana Research Center and the Community of San Rafael, Loreto, Peru. We report 23 plant species and one hybrid of angiosperms used by the butterflies. Larval host plants were 21 species and five were adult nectar sources. Two species were both host plant and nectar source: Passiflora coccinea Aubl. and Passiflora edulis Sims. The most frequently used plant families were Solanaceae, Passifloraceae, Fabaceae and Aristolochiaceae.