The Life History of Hypochrysops piceatus Kerr, Macqueen & D.P.A. Sands, 1969 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a Threatened Butterfly from Australia

IF 0.3 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Journal of the Lepidopterists Society Pub Date : 2023-09-22 DOI:10.18473/lepi.77i3.a1

Michael F. Braby, Peter R. Samson, Ethan P. Beaver

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Abstract

Hypochrysops piceatus Kerr, Macqueen & D.P.A. Sands, 1969 is currently known from a restricted area in southeastern Queensland, Australia and is listed as Endangered under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992. Although it is well-known that the larvae are monophagous, feeding exclusively on the foliage of mature (old growth) trees of Allocasuarina luehmannii (RT Baker) LAS Johnson (Casuarinaceae) and obligatorily attended by the ant Anonychomyrma inclinata Lewis & D.P.A. Sands, 2021 (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae), the life history has not previously been described and aspects of the species' ecology remain poorly documented. Here we describe the immature stages and clarify the biology of the species. We also report the utilization of saplings of the larval food plant for the first time, a discovery which has important ramifications for conservation management of the butterfly. The attendant ant of the closely related Hypochrysops cyane (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) is clarified and found not to be conspecific with that of H. piceatus.

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浅茧虫的生活史D.P.A. Sands, 1969(鳞翅目:蛱蝶科)，一种来自澳大利亚的濒危蝴蝶

1969年的piceatus Kerr, Macqueen & D.P.A. Sands目前在澳大利亚昆士兰州东南部的一个限制区域被发现，根据1992年昆士兰州自然保护法被列为濒危物种。虽然众所周知，幼虫是单食性的，只以Allocasuarina luehmannii (RT Baker) LAS Johnson(木麻黄科)的成熟(老)树的叶子为食，并由蚂蚁Anonychomyrma inclinata Lewis和D.P.A. Sands, 2021 (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)参与，但生活史以前没有被描述过，物种的生态方面仍然缺乏记录。在这里，我们描述了不成熟的阶段，并阐明了物种的生物学。我们还报道了首次利用幼虫食物植物树苗的发现，这一发现对蝴蝶的保护管理具有重要意义。密切相关的Hypochrysops cyane (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)的伴随蚂蚁被澄清，并发现与h.p iceatus的伴随蚂蚁不相同。

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Journal of the Lepidopterists Society ENTOMOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of the Lepidopterists'' Society is a quarterly scientific publication of The Lepidopterists'' Society. It contains refereed scholarly papers on the behavior, biology, conservation, ecology, evolution, genetics, morphology, physiology, systematics, and taxonomy of moths and butterflies.