Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]), Muller, 1886

Salik, Lucy Mila Garcia, Leite, Luis Anderson Ribeiro, Dias, Fernando Maia Silva, Casagrande, Mirna Martins & Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, 2015, Immature stages of Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae), Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 59 (4), pp. 301-306 : 302

Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]) ( Figs. 1–29 )

Egg ( Figs. 5–9 )

Elliptical, with several irregular carinae and flattened on the bottom pole. Uniformly pearly white in color. Micropilar region on the upper pole in the center of a round and slightly concave area.

Oviposition is normally gregarious; the eggs are laid on the upper side of the host plant Dalechampia triphylla , one on top of each other, the first instar hatch laterally.

Diameter: 1.01 mm. Average duration: 8 days (n = 15).

Figures

Figs. 1–4. Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]). 1, 2. Male: 1, dorsal view; 2, ventral view; 3, 4. Female:3, dorsal view; 4, ventral view. Scale bar: 1 cm.

Figs. 5–18. Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]). 5–9. Egg: 5, SEM lateral view; 6, SEM lateral view of the egg-laying; 7, lateral view; 8, dorsal view; 9, lateral view of the egg-laying. 10–15. Larvae: 10, 1st instar; 11, 2nd instar; 12, 3rd instar; 13, 4th instar; 14, 5th instar lateral view; 15, 5th instar dorsal view. 16–18. Pupae: 16, ventral view; 17, dorsal view; 18, lateral view. SEM – Scanning Electronic Microscopy. Scale bars Figs. 7–8: 0.5 mm, Fig. 9: 1 mm.

Figs. 19–21. Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]). 1st instar chaetotaxy:19, map of setae of the thorax and abdomen; 20, pronotal plate; 21, anal plate.

Figs. 22–24. Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]).Head capsule frontal view: 22, 1st instar; 23, 2nd instar; 24, 3rd instar. Scale bar Figs. 22, 23: 0.25 mm; Fig.24: 0.5 mm.

Figs. 27–29. Hamadryas fornax fornax (Hübner, [1823]). Pupa: 27, lateral view; 28, ventral view; 29, dorsal view.Scale bar: 0.5cm.