Cyaniris Dalman

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 : 220

Genus Cyaniris Dalman

( Fig. 14 A, B)

The egg of the single Iberian species of the genus, Cyaniris semiargus (Rottemburg) , has a reduced micropylar depression. The tubercle-aeropyle zone is made up of small, quadrangular cells with rounded edges and with prominent walls that result in this area being tightly knitted. The tubercles are short and dome shaped. Cells in the annulus have thick rounded walls that surround a micropylar rosette with four petals.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Scanning electron microscope photographs of a general view of the egg and the detail of the annular zone of the eggs of Cyaniris semiargus (A, B), Polyommatus icarus (C, D), and P. e ro s (E, F). Scale bars 300 (A, C), 200 (E), 50 (B, D), and 20 Μm (F).