A New Herbivory Report from Southeastern Brazil: Aristolochia hypoglauca Kuhlm (Piperales: Aristolochiaceae) as a Host Plant for Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Battus polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) (Papilionidae, Troidini) has a close ecological relationship with species of Aristolochia (Aristolochiaceae), which has been treated as an example of coevolution. All species of the Troidini feed almost exclusively on Aristolochia. Here we report a case of herbivory by B. polydamas on Aristolochia hypoglauca from Espírito Santo, southeastern Brazil, as a new host plant record.