TERITORIAL BEHAVIOR OF LAOTHUS GIBBEROSA HEWITSON, ADELOTYPA DENSEMACULATA HEWITSON AND PSEUDOTINEA VOLCANICUS CALLAGHAN & SALAZAR IN FRAGMENTED LANDS CAPES (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE, RIODINIDAE)

Salazar E, Julián A

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SALAZAR E, Julián A. TERITORIAL BEHAVIOR OF LAOTHUS GIBBEROSA HEWITSON, ADELOTYPA DENSEMACULATA HEWITSON AND PSEUDOTINEA VOLCANICUS CALLAGHAN & SALAZAR IN FRAGMENTED LANDS CAPES (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE, RIODINIDAE). Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.2, pp.206-216. ISSN 0123-3068.

In this paper the territorial behavior of three species of Colombian butterflies Laothus gibberosa (Hewitson), Adelotypa densemaculata (Hewitson) and Pseudotinea volcanicus Callaghan & Salazar is briefly analyzed using populations observed in Western Caldas district, Colombia.

Keywords : behavior; Colombia; Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera; false head; nomenclature; habits; territoriality.

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