Plebejus Kluk

Munguira, Miguel L., Martín, José, García-Barros, Enrique, Shahbazian, Gayaneh & Cancela, Juan Pablo, 2015, Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 201-247 : 233

Genus Plebejus Kluk

( Fig. 22 A, D)

In this genus the annular zone forms a depression in which the cells have thick and rounded walls, almost obliterating the cells in Plebejus argus (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 22 B), but not so wide in P. idas (Linnaeus) ( Fig. 22 D). The transition zone is flat in P. idas ( Fig. 22 C) with the cells formed by radially arranged pits, while in P. a rgu s ( Fig. 22 A) it consists on a undulating plateau with more quadrangular cells. The tubercle-aeropyle zone is arranged into hexagons, with robust walls and cone shaped and ribbed tubercles, which open into aeropyles at their tips. The equatorial zone has the widest cells, with robust walls and conical shaped tubercles.

Figures

FIGURE 22. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Plebejus argus (A, B), P. idas (C, D), and Agriades glandon (E, F). Scale bars 200 (A, C, E) and 20 Μm (B, D, F).