Adelotypa annulifera

Adelotypa annulifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Riodinidae
Genus:	Adelotypa
Species:	Adelotypa annulifera
Binomial name
	A. annulifera; (Godman, 1903)
Synonyms[1]
	Lemonias annulifera Godman, 1903 ; Echenais torquata Stichel, 1916 ;

Adelotypa annulifera is a species of riodinid butterfly found in South America (Guyana, Bolivia,[1] Peru[2]). It was first described by Frederick DuCane Godman in 1903.[1]

Ecology

In 2016, researchers Phil Torres and Aaron Pomerantz in the Tambopata National Reserve in Peru discovered that the caterpillars of A. annulifera engaged in myrmecophily. They live on the shoots of bamboo species in the genus Guadua, providing sugary secretions to ants in exchange for protection. Four ant species have been observed tending the caterpillars: Ectatomma tuberculatum, Pheidole sp., Megalomyrmex balzani, and Paraponera clavata. Adult butterflies exhibited kleptoparasitism by taking fluids from from nectaries also fed on by ants, without providing a reward to the ants.[2]

References

Savela, Markku. "Adelotypa Warren, 1895". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
Torres, Phillip J.; Pomerantz, Aaron F. (1 Jun 2016). "Butterfly kleptoparasitism and first account of immature stages, myrmecophily, and bamboo host plant of the metalmark Adelotypa annulifera (Riodinidae)". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 70 (2): 130–138. doi:10.18473/lepi.70i2.a8. ISSN 0024-0966.

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[Savela-1] Savela, Markku. "Adelotypa Warren, 1895". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

[Torres_and_Pomerantz_2016-2] Torres, Phillip J.; Pomerantz, Aaron F. (1 Jun 2016). "Butterfly kleptoparasitism and first account of immature stages, myrmecophily, and bamboo host plant of the metalmark Adelotypa annulifera (Riodinidae)". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 70 (2): 130–138. doi:10.18473/lepi.70i2.a8. ISSN 0024-0966.