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Table 3. Larval foodplants reported for Adelpha species, arranged alphabetically 
by butterfly species. 
Adelpha species / 
FOODPLANT 
Plant 
Family Locality 
Reference 
ABIA 
Vitex sp. 
Verbenaceae Brasil 
MUller (1886) 
BASILEA 
Calycophyllum sp. 
Rubiaceae Cuba 
Dewitz (1879) 
BASILOIDES 
Alibertia edulis 
Rubiaceae Panama 
Aiello LOTS 79-121, 
80- 38, 81-17, 81-42, 
81- 49, 83-16, 83-42 
Amaioua corymbosa 
Rubiaceae Panama 
Aiello LOTS 82-59, 
82- 65, 82-70, 82-72, 
83- 42 
Bertiera guianensis 
Rubiaceae Panama 
Aiello LOTS 82-64, 
82-73, 83-87 
Ixora nicaraguensis 
Rubiaceae Panama 
Mallet in DeVries 
(unpub) 
BOETIA OBERTHURI 
Luehea seemannii 
Tiliaceae Costa Rica 
Mallet in DeVries 
(unpub) 
BOREAS TIZONA 
Sat y ria sp. 
Ericaceae Costa Rica 
Marquis in DeVries 
(unpub) 
Chomelia bispinosa 
Rubiaceae Costa Rica 
DeVries (unpub) 
BREDOWI CALIFORNIA 
Quercus chrysolepis 
Fagaceae California 
Orsak (1977) 
Quercus spp. (especially 
chrysolepis 
Fagaceae California 
Howe (1975) 
Quercus spp. 
Fagaceae California 
Dornfeld (1980) 
BREDOWI EULALIA 
Quercus spp. 
Fagaceae Mexico, US 
Ferris & Brown (1980) 
CALLIPHANE 
Vitex montevidensis 
Verbenaceae Brasil 
cited in Lima (1968) 
CALLIPHICLEA 
Ilex paraguariensis 
Aquifoliaceae Paraguay 
Jorgensen (1921) 
CELERIO 
Cecropia peltata 
Cecropiaceae Panama 
Coley LOT 15 
Miconia argentea 
Melasto- Costa Rica 
Mallet in DeVries 
mataceae 
(unpub) 
Ochroma pyramidale 
Bombacaceae Panama 
Aiello LOT 82-41 
Ochroma pyramidale 
Bombacaceae Panama 
Coley LOT 22 
Urera sp. 
Urticaceae Costa Rica 
DeVries (unpub) 
