Morphology of caterpillars and pupae of European Maculinea species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with an identification table

Ewa B. Sliwinska; Piotr Nowicki; David Richard Nash; Magdalena Witek; Josef Settele; Michael Woychiechowski

Morphology of caterpillars and pupae of European Maculinea species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with an identification table

Ewa B. Sliwinska, Piotr Nowicki, David Richard Nash, Magdalena Witek, Josef Settele, Michael Woychiechowski

Ecology and Evolution

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Abstract

Of the four recognized Maculinea species that occur in Europe, three (M. teleius, M. nausithous, and M. alcon) are found on damp meadows, and may co-occur; sometimes their larval instars even occupy the same host ant nest. It is, therefore, important to be able to distinguish between the caterpillars of these species for effective conservation. We present the morphology of the larvae and pupae of these three species, and a simple key to their identification. Inter-specific differences among larvae and pupae, and within-species differences among larval instars, are underlined in order to enable their proper identification. The length, colour and distribution of bristles are considered the best features for species and instar identification. The morphology of the described species is compared with that of the other European species, M. arion.

Original language	English
Journal	Entomologica Fennica
Volume	17
Issue number	4
Pages (from-to)	351-358
ISSN	0785-8760
Publication status	Published - 2006

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Morphology of caterpillars and pupae of European Maculinea species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with an identification table

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