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Aiello — Genus Adelpha 
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Table 1. Placement of egg on leaf by various members of the Limenitidini 
(Nymphalidae) 
BUTTERFLY SPECIES 
EGG 
PLACE- 
MENT 
REFERENCE 
Adelpha basiloides Bates 
Ti, Di 
Aiello 
Adelpha celerio diademata Fruh. 
T 
Comstock & Vazquez 
Adelpha cocala Cr. 
Ti, (Dl) 
(1960, pg. 407) 
Aiello 
Adelpha cytherea (?) 
t 
MUller (1886, pg. 484) 
Adelpha iphicla L. 
Tl(t), Mi(t) 
Aiello 
Adelpha iphicla 
t 
MUller (1886, pg. 484) 
Adelpha isis Dru. 
Ti, Di 
MUller (1886, pg. 481) 
Adelpha leucophthalma tegeata Fruh. 
Di 
Young (1974, fig. 2) 
Adelpha melanthe Bates 
Di 
Aiello 
Adelpha phylaca aethalia Feld. 
Ti 
Aiello 
Adelpha plesaure 
Ti 
MUller (1886, pg. 484) 
Adelpha salmoneus Butl. 
Ti, (Di) 
Aiello 
Adelpha serpa 
Ti 
MUller (1886, pg. 484) 
Adelpha syma Godt. 
T 
Hoffmann (1937, pg. 212) 
Athyma nefte Cr. 
(as Parathyma nefte Cr.) 
Ti, (Ml) 
Morrell (1954, pg. 160) 
Athyma opalina Kollar 
t 
Robson (1894, pg. 338) 
Lasippa tiga Moore 
(as Neptis heliodore Fruh.) 
T 
Morrell (1954, pg. 160) 
Limenitis archippus 
(as Basilar chia archippus) 
Tt 
Scudder (1889, fig. 16) 
Limenitis lorquini burrisonii Maynard 
T 
Dornfeld (1980, pg. 61) 
Moduza procris Cr. 
T 
Morrell (1954, pg. 157) 
Neptis nata Moore 
T 
Morrell (1954, pg. 162) 
T = leaf tip (tooth, in case of A syma), M = leaf margin (intact), D = damaged portion 
of leaf, i = upper surface of leaf, t = lower surface of leaf, ( ) = less commonly 
Figure 1. Eggs of Adelpha (left) and Doxocopa (right). 
