Immature stages and host plant records for the skipper butterflies Xeniades orchamus (Cramer, 1777), Dubia dubia (Bell, 1932), and Tricrista canta (Evans, 1955) in the Peruvian Amazon (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini)

  • Alexander Sherer
  • , Savitri Raghuraman
  • , Shinichi Nakahara
  • , Geoffrey Gallice

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Abstract

We describe the immature biology of three skipper species in the tribe Hesperiini (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae), Xeniades orchamus Cramer in the subtribe Hesperiina, and Dubia dubia Bell and Tricrista canta Evans in the subtribe Moncina. All species were recorded feeding on Guadua weberbaueri Pilger (Poaceae: Bambusoideae: Bambuseae). One larva of each species was collected in nature at Finca Las Piedras, a biological research station located in the Amazonian lowlands of Madre de Dios, Peru. Larvae were reared to adulthood in an onsite laboratory using leaves from G. weberbaueri. We present measurements, descriptions, durations, and photographs of recorded larval instars and pupae, illustrations of larval head capsules, and details of the host plant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)390-404
Number of pages15
JournalZootaxa
Volume5609
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Mar 2025

Keywords

  • Bamboo
  • Finca Las Piedras
  • Guadua
  • Poaceae
  • lowland rainforest
  • natural history

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