| Table 9. Niche analysis based on larval feeding mode |
| Passiflora subgenus |
Passiflora species |
root/stem feeding larvae |
leaf-feeding larvae |
Heliconiini (not monophagous) |
Monophagous Heliconius |
Josiini caterpillars |
| Decaloba |
biflora
|
Monomacra chontalensis?
Parchicola "DF2" second growth
|
D. quinquelineata?
second growth
|
erato
second growth
hecalesia?
Dryas
|
hecalesia? edge? |
|
| megacoriacea |
|
|
erato? |
|
| auriculata |
Parchicola "DF2" second growth |
Ptocadica bifasciata |
erato? |
sara edge, second growth |
| lobata (hooked trichomes) |
Monomacra violacea |
Ptocadica "red" |
charithonia? forest gaps, edge |
charithonia forest gaps, edge |
| costaricensis |
|
|
erato? |
|
Josia frigida |
| Deidamioides |
arbelaezii |
|
|
Dryas iulia |
|
|
Astrophaea |
pittieri |
Pedilia "red" stems and leaves |
cydno |
sapho forest |
|
| tica (not at La Selva) |
|
|
|
Getta tica in Costa Rica |
| Passiflora |
oerstedii
|
Parchicola "yellow-tibia"
|
Ptocadica "yellow" forest |
cydno forest |
melpomene,second growth
|
|
| ambigua |
Parchicola "black-tibia" forest, edge |
doris forest, edge |
vitifolia
quadrangularis? |
hecale (edge)
cydno (forest generalist)
ismenius?
|
|
| menispermifolia |
|
|
|
melpomene? |
Lyces cruciata in Costa Rica |
| # species |
12 |
5 |
5 |
4-6 |
4-6 |
3 |
| # species |
12 |
10 |
10 |
3 |