Lampides Hübner

Munguira, Miguel L., Martín, José, García-Barros, Enrique, Shahbazian, Gayaneh & Cancela, Juan Pablo, 2015, Morphology and morphometry of Lycaenid eggs (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3937 (2), pp. 201-247 : 210

Genus Lampides Hübner

( Fig. 7 C, D)

The genus is monospecific with the egg of Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus) having a very small micropylar area surrounded by a flattened area of cells with a rhomboid shape. The lateral zone has triangular cells, with their apex elevated forming rounded tubercles at the end and gathered together to form a pattern of hexagons. The annular area has smooth bottomed cells while the rest of the egg has cells with their bottom showing a rough and irregular reticulum.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Satyrium pruni (A, B), Lampides boeticus (C, D), and Cacyreus marshalli (E, F). Scale bars 200 (A, C), 300 (E), 50 (B, D), and 20 Μm (F).