seeking Euphydryas phaeton population localities

[M Deane Bowers]

Hello fellow lepidopterists,

 

I am continuing some long-term research on Euphydryas phaeton with a special
interest in the host shift to the introduced weed, Plantago lanceolata
(ribwort plantain).  I am in search of locality information of populations
of this butterfly in both the native host (Chelone glabra, Turtlehead) and
the introduced host.  I am here on the east coast this year on sabbatical
and so would like to visit some of these populations to gather locality
data, document host plant use, and if possible, collect a specimen or two
(larvae or adults) for chemical and molecular analysis. 

 

I would greatly appreciate any information about existing or potential E.
phaeton populations from throughout the east.  I would like to visit some of
them this summer.

 

Some background:

 

In 1979, Stamp reported the first case of oviposition by E. phaeton on
Plantago and since then populations of this butterfly on this introduced
plant have been found in many places.  While populations on the native host
plant are usually relatively small, populations on the introduced host plant
can become quite large but also ephemeral.

 

This summer, I would like to document as many populations as I can and
locate a select few where I can do some field experiments next summer.  If
you know of any populations on either of these (or other!) host plants, and
are willing to share that information, I would greatly appreciate your help.

 

Please contact me by phone (303) 886-7586 or email with any information.

 

Thank you so much in advance!

 

Deane Bowers

 

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Deane Bowers

Curator and Professor

 

Sabbatical address (August, 2010 - July 2011):

Department of Ecology and Evolution

Box G-W

Brown University

Providence, RI  02912 

phone:  (303) 886-7586 (cell)

 

Permanent address:

Museum and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

UCB 334

University of Colorado

Boulder, CO 80309  USA

phone:  (303) 492-5530

Fax:  (303) 492-8699

http://www.colorado.edu/eeb/facultysites/bowers/Home.html

 

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