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THE caterpillars of Mechanitis, Dircenna, Ceratinia, and Ithonia feed on different species of Solanaceæ (Solanum, Cyphomandra, Bassovia, Cestrum), those of the allied genus Thyridia on Brunfelsia. Now this latter genus of plants had been placed unanimously among the Scrophularineæ, till quite recently it was transferred by Bentham and Hooker to the Solanaceæ. Thus it appears that butterflies had recognised the true affinity of Brunfelsia long before botanists did so.
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MÜLLER, F. Butterflies as Botanists. Nature 30, 240 (1884). https://doi.org/10.1038/030240c0
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