Resumen

SALAZAR-E., Julián A.. COLOMBIAN BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONOIDEA) ATTRACTED TO TREE EXUDATES. Bol. Cient. Mus. Hist. Nat. Univ. Caldas [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.2, pp.227-245. ISSN 0123-3068.

A preliminary checklist is presented of fruit-feeding butterflies that visit the exudation of seven species of trees observed in several zones of Colombia. Additional data on secretion types, composition, butterfly behavior and the other insects sharing the same phenomena are included.

Palabras clave : feeding; Colombia; exudations; Coleoptera; Hymenoptera; food guild; proboscis.

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