Open AccessTHE LIFE HISTORY OF HYPOCHRYSOPS THEON MEDOCUS (FRUHSTORFER) (LEPIDOPTERA: LYCAENIDAE)
Author(s) -
DANIELS G.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1976.tb01692.x
Subject(s) - lycaenidae , fern , lepidoptera genitalia , biology , polypodiaceae , larva , myrmecophily , ecology , range (aeronautics) , zoology , materials science , composite material
The previously unrecorded life history of Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer) from Iron Range, Claudie River district, north Queensland is described and figured. The larval food plant is the fern Drynaria quercifolia (L.) J. Smith (Filicales: Polypodiaceae).