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discussion
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When
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revised the continental African species, he did not examine the genitalia, working on wing pattern and to a limited extent on early stages.
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seems to have accepted Rileys conclusions and only added two taxa. For his revision, Evans seems to have dissected only one male of each species, and not dissected the different subspecies of
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A1E7FD99D975FD46" box="[454,569,619,643]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A251FD99D997FD46" box="[624,731,618,643]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. milleri</emphasis>
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. Thus he dissected a male
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A42AFD99DFD5FD46" box="[1035,1177,619,643]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. e. erinnys</emphasis>
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from Zululand (within KwaZulu-Natal,
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) which is representative of the
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locality (Port
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) and a male
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A4FAFD7DDE13FD62" box="[1243,1375,654,679]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A.m. milleri</emphasis>
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from Katanga,
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, which is not representative of the
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locality (Tukuyu,
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). Further genitalia dissections are needed to assess the present classification and the status of the putative taxa recognised here. We suspect that
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A105FD09DAC3FCD6" box="[292,399,762,787]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. milleri</emphasis>
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may comprise at least two species,
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A308FD08D838FCD6" box="[809,884,762,787]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">milleri</emphasis>
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and
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, but perhaps more, but these have yet to be assessed based on their genitalia (T.B. Larsen in prep.) or by molecular methods.
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The head markings of the caterpillars are more useful for separating species and species-groups, than for discriminating between subspecies of
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. Thus, we can generalise that the caterpillars of
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A524FC95DE3DFCBB" box="[1285,1393,871,894]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. comus</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A5A5FC95DBA7FC66" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. reducta</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A111FC79DAA7FC66" box="[304,491,907,931]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. principetome</emphasis>
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are all very similar. Equally, there seem to be some differences between the caterpillars of the different populations / subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A2DBFC5DD820FC03" authorityName="Trimen" authorityYear="1862" box="[762,876,943,966]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erinnys">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A2DBFC5DD820FC03" box="[762,876,943,966]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A381FC5DDF46FC02" box="[928,1034,942,967]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. milleri</emphasis>
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, but our observations have not been sufficient to adequately document the degree and frequency of individual variation within populations. Our impression is that populations are generally quite consistent, but that atypical markings are not that rare. For example, we have reared
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A195FBE9D9F7FBF6" box="[436,699,1051,1075]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys vansomereni</emphasis>
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frequently, and although the markings are normally similar to the individual shown in Figure 26.2, individuals with much lighter head markings (Figure 26.3) and much darker head markings (Figure 26.4) were also documented. Again, the limited sample of three photographed individuals of
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A5A5FB91DA39FB5B" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys comoranum</emphasis>
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(
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) can each be matched up with a separate mainland population of
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A4F1FB75DE0EFB5B" box="[1232,1346,1159,1182]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys</emphasis>
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.
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We are well aware that several species co-occur in eastern Africa, so that just because the caterpillars of one species are found on a
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sp. at a locality, it does not mean that nearby ova are of the same species. On one occasion, Ivan Bampton found three ova on one leaf of a large-leaved
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A395FB06DF68FACE" box="[948,1060,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">Dracaena</emphasis>
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sp. (
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or
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A4CAFB06DE74FACE" box="[1259,1336,1268,1291]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">mannii</emphasis>
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) in deep shade in the Usambara Mountains, and raised a different species from each:
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<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A425FAE5DF8FFAEA" box="[1028,1219,1302,1327]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. milleri milleri</emphasis>
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,
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A4F2FAE5DED0FAEA" authorityName="Karsch" authorityYear="1896" box="[1235,1436,1302,1327]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="erinnys" subSpecies="ehlersi">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A4F2FAE5DED0FAEA" box="[1235,1436,1302,1327]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys ehlersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A0E7FAC9DA2EFA96" authorityName="Congdon, Kielland &amp; Collins" authorityYear="1998" box="[198,354,1338,1363]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="usambarae">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A0E7FAC9DA2EFA96" box="[198,354,1338,1363]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. usambarae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This adds a degree of uncertainty to observations on the ova and early instars (and their natural enemies), which cannot be distinguished.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7B6AD700FFFAFFF2A0E6FA70DBB0F952" blockId="43.[151,1437,510,1687]" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">
The caterpillars of several species have been shown to have the anal plate dark (
<figureCitation id="E3EECB85FFFAFFF2A46CFA70DF84FA5E" box="[1101,1224,1410,1435]" captionStart="FIGURE 26" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1847,1869]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,805,1826]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,805,1826]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 26. Final instar caterpillar of Artitropa erinnys vansomereni, on Dracaena steudneri. 1, dorsolateral, anterior and posterior views; collected Thika, 2 Jul 1988; photographed 18 Jul; pupated 24 Jul, 88 / 52 A 1; 2, head, anterior view; collected Nairobi; photographed 13 Sep 1988; 88 / 75 A 1; 3, head with atypical light markings, anterolateral view; Nairobi, 17 Jan 2006 [TCEC]; 4, head with atypical dark markings, anterior view; Nairobi, 23 Dec 2002; 5, dorsolateral view, Nairobi; photographed 25 Nov 89; 89 / 94." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253559/files/figure.png" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">Figures 26</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E3EECB85FFFAFFF2A4F5FA71DFBEFA5E" box="[1236,1266,1411,1435]" captionStart="FIGURE 30" captionStartId="34.[151,250,1748,1770]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,375,1723]" captionTargetId="figure@34.[151,1436,375,1723]" captionTargetPageId="34" captionText="FIGURE 30. Caterpillar and adult of Artitropa erinnys nyasae collected as ovum on Dracaena sp. probably steudneri, Lilongwe, Malawi, 22 Jul 2001, MJWC 01 / 101. 1 2, second instar caterpillar; moulted to second instar 31 Jul; photographed 1 Aug; moulted to third instar 4 Aug; 11 mm: 1, detail of head, anterodorsal view; 2, dorsal view; 3 5, fifth, final instar caterpillar, moulted to fifth instar approx. 18 Aug; photographed 28 Aug; pupated 5 Sep; 45 mm: 3, posterior segments, dorsolateral view; 4, head and anterior segments, anterodorsolateral view; 5, head, anterodorsal view. 6, adult male underside, emerged and photographed 10 Oct; note the left forewing and hind wing are distorted at the tornus where the silk girdle dug into the pupa wings." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253563/files/figure.png" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">30</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="E3EECB85FFFAFFF2A4DEFA71DE50FA5E" box="[1279,1308,1411,1435]" captionStart="FIGURE 37" captionStartId="40.[151,250,1651,1673]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,940,1626]" captionTargetId="figure@40.[151,1436,940,1627]" captionText="FIGURE 37. Final instar caterpillar of unknown Artitropa sp. SCC04 collected on Dracaena sp., Anjozorobe, central Madagascar [SCC]. 1, detail of head, anterior view, 21 Nov 2006; 2, dorsolateral view, 11 Dec 2006; 3, dorsal view, 11 Dec 2006." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3240663/files/figure.png" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">37</figureCitation>
) or to have a double spot (
<figureCitation id="E3EECB85FFFAFFF2A16AFA54DAFFFA7A" box="[331,435,1446,1471]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,889,1889]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,889,1890]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 9. Early stages of Artitropa cama [TCEC]. 1, ovum, dorsal view, collected on Dracaena? mannii, Ntakatta Forest, Mpanda, Tanzania, 20 Jun 2000; 2, ovum, lateral view, as # 1; 3, head of final instar caterpillar, anterodorsal view, collected on D. (almost certainly) mannii, Zambezi Rapids, Zambia, 25 Oct 2004; 4 5, head of final instar caterpillar, as # 1, 15 Jun 2000; 6, final instar caterpillar, dorsolateral view, as # 4; 7, pupa, anterodorsal view, as # 1, 7 Jul 2000; 8, pupa, dorsolateral view, as # 7." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253542/files/figure.png" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">Figure 9</figureCitation>
). Sevastopulo (unpublished) referred to the markings of the posterior portion of the caterpillar of
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A10CFA39DAD3FA26" authorityName="Trimen" authorityYear="1862" box="[301,415,1483,1507]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="erinnys">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A10CFA39DAD3FA26" box="[301,415,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. erinnys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A1F5FA39D904FA26" authorityName="Riley" authorityYear="1925" box="[468,584,1482,1507]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="reducta">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A1F5FA39D904FA26" box="[468,584,1482,1507]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. reducta</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembling a lizard head, and TCEC has compared the markings of
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A561FA39DED0FA26" authorityName="Evans" authorityYear="1937" box="[1344,1436,1483,1507]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="cama">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A561FA39DED0FA26" box="[1344,1436,1483,1507]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">A. cama</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="E3EECB85FFFAFFF2A0BFFA1CDA49F9C2" box="[158,261,1518,1543]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1908,1930]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,889,1889]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,889,1890]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 9. Early stages of Artitropa cama [TCEC]. 1, ovum, dorsal view, collected on Dracaena? mannii, Ntakatta Forest, Mpanda, Tanzania, 20 Jun 2000; 2, ovum, lateral view, as # 1; 3, head of final instar caterpillar, anterodorsal view, collected on D. (almost certainly) mannii, Zambezi Rapids, Zambia, 25 Oct 2004; 4 5, head of final instar caterpillar, as # 1, 15 Jun 2000; 6, final instar caterpillar, dorsolateral view, as # 4; 7, pupa, anterodorsal view, as # 1, 7 Jul 2000; 8, pupa, dorsolateral view, as # 7." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/253542/files/figure.png" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">Figure 9</figureCitation>
) to eyes.
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Janzen
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A1FCFA1DD958F9C2" box="[477,532,1518,1543]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">et al</emphasis>
. (2010)
</bibRefCitation>
have postulated that the conspicuous eye markings on the head of
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A0B6F9E0DA51F9EE" authorityName="Latreille" authorityYear="1809" box="[151,285,1554,1579]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Hesperiidae</taxonomicName>
caterpillars and pupa serve to frighten small insectivorous birds that may open leaf shelters. Given that many leaf shelters, including those or
<taxonomicName id="BCD5AC83FFFAFFF2A279F9C5D9F3F98B" authorityName="Holland" authorityYear="1896" box="[600,703,1591,1614]" class="Insecta" family="Hesperiidae" genus="Artitropa" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="43" pageNumber="344" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="49A10B12FFFAFFF2A279F9C5D9F3F98B" box="[600,703,1591,1614]" italics="true" pageId="43" pageNumber="344">Artitropa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp., can be opened at either end, then it seems reasonable to suggest that anything that suggests a pair of eyes on the posterior end of the caterpillar could have a similar function.
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