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

Authors

  • Joel Vásquez Bardales 1 Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP). Av. A. Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Loreto, Perú 2 Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad Amazónica (PIBA).
  • Ricardo Zárate Gómez 1 Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP). Av. A. Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Loreto, Perú 3 Programa de Investigación en Cambio Climático, Desarrollo Territorial y Ambiente (PROTERRA).
  • Percy Huiñapi Canaquiri 1 Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP). Av. A. Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Loreto, Perú 2 Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad Amazónica (PIBA).
  • Julio Pinedo Jiménez Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Facultad de Agronomía. Calle Pevas s/n, Iquitos Perú
  • Juan José Ramírez Hernández Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural. Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Perú.
  • Gerardo Lamas Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Museo de Historia Natural. Av. Arenales 1256, Jesús María, Lima, Perú.
  • Pedro Vela García 1 Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana (IIAP). Av. A. Quiñones km 2.5, Iquitos, Loreto, Perú 2 Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad Amazónica (PIBA).

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i1.13109

Keywords:

Biotrade, host plants, nectar sources, plant-animal relationships, sustainability.

Abstract

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.

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Published

04/21/2017

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Vol. 24 No. 1 (2017)

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Copyright (c) 2017 Joel Vásquez Bardales, Ricardo Zárate Gómez, Percy Huiñapi Canaquiri, Julio Pinedo Jiménez, Juan José Ramírez Hernández, Gerardo Lamas, Pedro Vela García

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Vásquez Bardales, Joel, Ricardo Zárate Gómez, Percy Huiñapi Canaquiri, Julio Pinedo Jiménez, Juan José Ramírez Hernández, Gerardo Lamas, and Pedro Vela García. 2017. “Food Plants of 19 Butterflies Species (Lepidoptera) from Loreto, Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 24 (1): 35-42. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v24i1.13109.