Larval Polychromatism in the Neotropical Hairstreak Strymon bubastus (Stoll) (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) Associated with Two Newly Documented Host Plants in the Atacama Desert

摘要: ABSTRACT. Host-associated larval polychromatism is described for the first time Neotropical hairstreak Strymon bubastus (Stoll, 1780) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) based on larvae collected in Atacama Desert of northern Chile inflorescences Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (Verbenaceae) and Waltheria ovata Cav. (Malvaceae) reared to adult. This record a host plant family Verbenaceae S. bubastus. Although other Malvaceae already have been recorded as its hosts, this it feeding W. ovata. Identical sequences (n=19) DNA barcode fragment (657 base pairs) cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene were obtained from two plants, providing additional support conspecificity. However, deep divergence (>2%) was found among these others geographically distant localities Neotropics. Deep could be associated with phenotypic differentiation ov...