One side makes you taller: a mushroom–eating butterfly caterpillar (Lycaenidae) in Costa Rica

Nishida, Kenji; Robbins, Robert K.

dc.contributor.author	Nishida, Kenji	en
dc.contributor.author	Robbins, Robert K.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-17T03:02:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-17T03:02:32Z
dc.date.issued	2020
dc.identifier.citation	Nishida, Kenji and Robbins, Robert K. 2020. "<a href="https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/57998/download/pdf/;">One side makes you taller: a mushroom–eating butterfly caterpillar (Lycaenidae) in Costa Rica</a>." <em>Neotropical Biology and Conservation</em>. 15 (4):463–470. <a href="https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e57998">https://doi.org/10.3897/neotropical.15.e57998</a>	en
dc.identifier.issn	2236-3777
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10088/109295
dc.description.abstract	Electrostrymon denarius is the first mushroom-feeding butterfly caterpillar discovered in the New World. It belongs to the Calycopidina, a subtribe of lycaenid butterflies whose caterpillars eat detritus and seeds in the leaf litter. Electrostrymon denarius has not been reared previously, and we illustrate and briefly describe the biology and morphology of its caterpillar and pupa. The significance of this discovery is that it increases the range of organic leaf litter substrates that Calycopidina caterpillars will eat. Increased diet breadth may decrease the likelihood of species extinction.	en
dc.relation.ispartof	Neotropical Biology and Conservation	en
dc.title	One side makes you taller: a mushroom–eating butterfly caterpillar (Lycaenidae) in Costa Rica	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	158384
dc.identifier.doi	10.3897/neotropical.15.e57998
rft.jtitle	Neotropical Biology and Conservation
rft.volume	15
rft.issue	4
rft.spage	463
rft.epage	470
dc.description.SIUnit	NH-Entomology	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NMNH	en
dc.citation.spage	463
dc.citation.epage	470
dc.relation.url	https://neotropical.pensoft.net/article/57998/download/pdf/;