Oleria TS = Papilio astraea Cramer, 1775
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A diverse group of delicate mimetic butterflies from Central and South America. Many of the species exhibit geographical variability in their wing patterns. Larvae are cryptic green, and feed on various species of Solanaceae. It is likely that the adults gain their unpalatability from pyrrolizidine alkaloids gathered by nectaring from flowers of various Compositae.Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Tree based on the molecular phylogenetic study of de Silva et al. (2010). Some taxa, such as Oleria onega, are paraphyletic and probably represent more than one species. The unplaced taxa at the bottom represent species not included in the de Silva et al. analysis.References
Brown KS, Jr., and Freitas AVL. 1994. Juvenile stages of Ithomiinae: overview and systematics. Tropical Lepidoptera 5: 9-20.
De Silva, D. L., Day, J. J., Elias, M., Willmott, K., Whinnett, A. & Mallet, J. 2010. Molecular phylogenetics of the neotropical butterfly subtribe Oleriina (Nymphalidae: Danaini: Ithomiini). Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 55, 1032-1041.
Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Neild, A. F. E. 2008 The Butterflies of Venezuela. Part 2: Nymphalidae II (Acraeinae, Libytheinae, NYmphalinae, Ithomiinae, Morphinae). London: Meridian Publications.
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Scientific Name | Oleria paula |
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Location | Selva Negra, Nicaragua |
Acknowledgements | source: Neotropical Butterflies: Thick-rimmed Clearwing |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
Copyright | © 2003 Richard Lehman |
Scientific Name | Oleria egra |
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Location | Rio Parauri, Amazonas, Brazil |
Acknowledgements | source: Neotropical Butterflies: Egra Clearwing |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
Copyright | © 2002 Will and Gill Carter |
Scientific Name | Oleria astrea |
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Location | Maues, Amazonas, Brazil |
Acknowledgements | source: Neotropical Butterflies: Astrea Clearwing |
Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
Copyright | © 2002 Will and Gill Carter |
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- First online 29 September 2006
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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2010. Oleria TS = Papilio astraea Cramer, 1775. Version 21 July 2010 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Oleria/27611/2010.07.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/