Lepidoptera Science

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages Cover1-
Published: June 20, 1989
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Article type: Appendix
1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages App1-
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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages App2-
Published: June 20, 1989
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Decrease in the Number of Individuals of the Maculatus Skipper, Pyrgus maculatus BREMER & GREY (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) according to the Secondary Succession

Masashi Tashita

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 85-92
Published: June 20, 1989
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.40.2_85

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In relation to the secondary succession of a pine forest after clear-cutting, changes in the number of the maculatus skipper, Pyrgus maculatus BREMER & GREY was surveyed from April, 1985 to July, 1988 in the Kisodani Valley, central Japan. The number of eggs found in this site was rapidly reduced according to the growth of Chamaecyparis obtusa ENDL., chiefly because mother butterflies hardly laid their eggs when the host plant was covered largely by other plant species. There was a tendency for the females to choose lonely host plants growing on the lands barren of other plants. This means that the skipper is mainly associated with the early stage of succession. Recently, the suitable habitat for the skipper, such as area of deforestation and domestic animal-breeding grassland, has been decreasing. I suppose this is one of the main reasons why this skipper has been less common.

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On the Life History of Meandrusa payeni (BOISDUVAL) in Malaysia (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)

Suguru IGARASHI

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 93-115
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On Neope niphonica BUTLER (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) in the Boso Peninsula, Central Japan, with description of a new subspecies (III)

Mayumi TAKAHASHI, Junzo AOYAMA

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 117-131
Published: June 20, 1989
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1. New localities are added to the distribution map of Neope niphonica kiyosumiensis TAKAHASHI et AOYAMA in the Boso Peninsula, which was showed in the first report (TAKAHASHI and AOYAMA, 1981). 2. Adults of the spring and the summer form emerge earlier and later respectively than those of the nominate subspecies niphonica. Delay of adult emergence in the summer generation probably occurs as a result of the pupal diapause in the summer. 3. The present subspecies is distributed in cooler areas of the Boso Peninsula. The distribution is possibly limited by rather high temperature during the summer. 4. This subspecies occurs in deciduous broad leaved forests with the shrubbery of Pleioblastus, Bambusaceae, at the foot of mountain, on the hill side, at the river side, etc. 5. Pleioblastus chino, Bambusaceae, is the most common larval food plant. Eggs and larvae were found on the underside of the leave. 6. Adults suck the sap of the deciduous broad leaved trees, mainly Quercus acutissima and Q. serrata. Scarecely, they are seen drinking the water on the ground. 7. The spring form adults fly all the day. Some males behave territorially around the tip of branch or the tree trunk, while others continue to fly up and down around the tree trunk. Those males probably search for mates. The summer form adults fly actively in the evening, but they stay on the leaves of under-growth from late morning to early afternoon. The males fly similarly to those of the spring form, though the flight is slower and the up-down flight is less conspicuous. 8. Females lay eggs in batches with several to more than twenty eggs. 9. We speculate that Neope niphonica kiyosumienses might be differentiated from the nominate subspecies during the Riss-Wurm inter-glacial period in the Pleistocene.

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A New Species of the Genus Nacaduba MOORE (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Tahiti Island

Masayuki HARA, Toshiya HIROWATARI

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 133-139
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Nacaduba tahitiensis sp. nov. is described from Tahiti Island. The new species is distinguished from the other Nacaduba species by the metallic green scales on the underside of hindwing.

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Two New Species of the Genus Lygephila BlLLBERG from Taiwan (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)

Soichiro KINOSHITA

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 141-148
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.40.2_141

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Two new species, Lygephila kishidai and Lygephila yoshimotoi are described from Taiwan. These two species can be easily distinguished externally by the reniform stigma and in genitalia by the structures of harpe, tegumen and trastilla, and of the posterior margin of copulatory cavity.

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Taxonomic and Biological Notes on the Hemileuca maia Complex (Saturniidae) with Description of a New Species from Texas and New Mexico

Richard S. PEIGLER, Stephen E. STONE

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages 149-165
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A brief taxonomic and biological review of the monophyletic Hemileuce maia complex is presented. Hemileuca peigleri LEMAIRE, n. stat., from central Texas is elevated to full species rank, a new species, H. slosseri, from New Mexico and Texas is described, and H. artemis PACKARD, sp. rev., from New Mexico is resurrected from synonymy. Also presented is a discussion of hostplants, larval and adult moth diagnoses, reported diseases and insect parasitoids, and habitat conservation.

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages App3-
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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.40.2_App3

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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages App4-
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Article type: Cover
1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages Cover2-
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1989 Volume 40 Issue 2 Pages Cover3-
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