Guadua weberbaueri

Host plant Guadua weberbaueri View in CoL

Immature stages of X. orchamus , D. dubia , and T. canta were collected from a stand of G. weberbaueri plants found on property adjacent to FLP ( Figure 5 View FIGURE 5 ). Guadua weberbaueri is a large, clumping bamboo species that grows in open, disturbed tropical lowland forest throughout the region, as well as in large stands embedded within less disturbed forest areas. The stand of G. weberbaueri on which immature butterflies were found in this study was located near a fragment of swamp habitat dominated by the palm Mauritiua flexuosa and surrounded by heavily disturbed agricultural land with sparse tree cover. Other similarly-sized and larger stands of G. weberbaueri are also present in the area surrounding FLP.

The larva of X. orchamus was collected from the abaxial side of a moderately damaged leaf approximately 0.5 meters above the ground, positioned evenly between the midrib and the margin near the apex of the leaf. The larva of D. dubia was found approximately 1.6 meters above the ground on the abaxial side of an undamaged leaf, and the individual was situated at the apex of the leaf along the midrib. Finally, the larva of T. canta was collected from a leaf with light damage approximately 0.4 meters above the ground, positioned adaxially along the margin between the apex and base of the leaf. Larvae of all three species were found on mature leaves.