as presumably unpalatable and/or aposematic

as presumably unpalatable and/or aposematic

Notul.
odonatol,
Vol.
6,
No.
1,
pp.
1-12,
June
1,
1.
Fig.
preying
(Phot.:
other
-DeMARCO, 1998, Notul.
and/or
unpalatable
BROWN
Biol.
also
preying
5:2-3).
J. Linn.
Philaethria
as
Soc. 59:
presumably
to
K.S.
do
Japi,
aposematic. According
Histdria
{1992.
odonatol
(1996,
considered
351-365)
recorded
was
DeMARCO & T. SANTOS-
dragonflies (P.
C.E.G. P1NHEIRO
on
Oliveira).
C.H.P.
A. concolor
Santo, Brazil,
on
11
2003
natural da Serra
Campinas/Fapesp., Sao Paulo), Siproeta stelenes
mimic of P.
may
be
the
unpalatable. However,
of P. wemickei
palatebility
apparently
the voracious A. concolor. P1NHEIR0
also
recorded
melancholicus
of P.
the
of Philaethria
Therefore,
spp. may
it
Predation
on
Philaethria
(Röber) by Anax
Nacional
Rio
de
wernickei
concolor Br. in Parque
da Restinga
Janeiro,
de Jurubatiba,
SE Brazil
(Lepidoptera:
Nymphalidae; Anisoptera: Aeshnidae)
In March
2002, during a long-termornithological study
in the said National
Park,
noticed
the
predating
on
I). The dragonfly was
near a
a
female A. concolor
butterfly,
seen
P. wernickei
at 10:00
am on
the
SOARES
the
are
Entomologia,
a
this, the dragonfly (lew
offwith its
the time we
caught it,
shrub, where, by
completely
In the
consumed the
same
type
butterfly’s
prey
it
to
had
head.
of habitat, in the state of Espirito
as
deposited
at
predator
a
unpalatability
predators.
financial
301524/88-2).
identified
respectively. The
on
the
Drs
ALEXANDRE
the
former
manuscript.
The
Departamento
Nacional, UFRJ,
de
Rio de Janeiro
(MNRJ 16888).
A.R.
Lagos
1,C.H.P.
Gomes>' and M.A.S.
em
do Rio de
2
Oliveira12,I
Alvesi
Ecologia,
Janeiro,
Ecologia, IBRAG,
Rio de
de
Janeiro,
-20550-011
Rua
Rio
[email protected]
V.S.M.
de
Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;
do Estado
Universidade
Sao Francisco
de
,
2, 1 Programa
Universidade Federal
2
head. After
the
for the
and
comments
Museu
ground
lagoon(22° l6’S,4i°39’W),eating the butterfly’s
thebutterfly,
provided useftil
un-
(1996, loc. cit.)
(Museu Nacional, UFRJ) kindly
specimens
was
(Fig.
proc.
CARVALHO
dragonflyand
also
seems
not affect all
support (inch M.A.S.A.,
ALC1MAR
possible
tropical kingbird, Tyrannus
PELD-site-5/CNPq
We thank
a
does not affect
(Vieillot) (Tyrannidae),
wemickei.
is
which indicates that the latter
wernickei,
Xavier
Janeiro, RJ,
do Rio
524,
Brazil;
BR-
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