Larvas de Siderone marthesia nemesis (Illiger) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) em cerrado de Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brasil

Abstract

Caterpillars of Siderone marthesia nemesis (Illiger, 1802) (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) have been found on Casearia sylvestris Sw. (Flacourtiaceae), during the second half of the rainy season in an area of cerrado near Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil. They occurred at very low density and are cryptic at all instars. The pupal stage does not occur on the host plant. Average duration of the pupa under laboratory conditions is 14.4 days.