TABLE 3 in Exochorion in the tribe Nymphalini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): the genus Hypanartia Hübner, [1821] and comparison with related genera

TABLE 3. Comparison of some exochorionic characters of various genera of Nymphalini.
ColumnsGenusRidge projectionArrangement of the columns1 shaft 2 beamWallsAeropylesRibs3 railMynbrenthiathe wholein semi-straight1 thin and in double arrangementthick, althoughon colonnadebetween the(Plates 17, 18)chorioncolonnades,a little thinner inbeamsmost basal partjoined by a2 thick, straight and with minimalthe intercolumns(coincident withof the ridges andbasal beltdepressions in the areas where thecapitals), andthe basal beltaeropyles arebetween thebasal ribs3 thin in part apical withprojections on thick, alternateplinths; increases in thickness asyou advance to the baseSymbrenthiathe wholein semi-straight1 thin and in doublethick, althoughon colonnadesubtle at the(Plates 17, 18)chorioncolonnades,accommodationa little thinner inbeamspolesjoined by athe intercolumns(coinciding withbasal belt2 thick, straight and with minimalcapitals)depressions in the areas where theaeropyles are3 thin in part apical withprojections on thick, alternateplinths; increases in thickness asyou advance to the baseAntanartiathe wholein semi-straight1 thin and doublethick, althoughon colonnademainly in the(Plates 16–18)chorioncolonnades;a little thinner inbeamsbasal pole,may or may not2 thick, straight and with minimalthe intercolumns(coincident withalthough theybe joined by adepressions in the areas where thecapitals), in thecan also be inbasal beltaeropyles arelateral basal partthe apicalof the ridges and3 subtle in part apical within the basal beltprojections on thick and alternateplinths; increases in thickness asyou advance to the baseHypanartiathe entirein semi-straight1 in individual arrangement;very thin in thecoinciding withat one or both(Plates 4–18)chorion tocolonnades;elongated in the apical third andintercolumns orcolumn capitals,polesonly thelarger shafts intapering towards the basesomewhat thick(on colonnadeapical thirdapical sectionand partiallybeams)2 not very robust to slender, withcovering theslight depressions on aeropylesshaftsthat make it not very sinuous3 generally subtle and withprojections on the plinthsNymphalisonly in thein somewhat1 in individual arrangement; thickslightlyon colonnadepresent(Plates 17, 18)apical fifth,sinuousand only conspicuous in fifththinner in thebeams andthroughout thethen only thecolonnadesapicalintercolumnscoinciding withchorionbeam can bedue to thecapitalsdistinguisheddepressions in2 thin and very sinuous due to thethe beamdepressions in the aeropyles3 thin, with bases whoseprojections coincide with the ribsGenusRidge projectionArrangement of the columns1 shaft 2 beamWallsAeropylesRibs3 railPolygoniamaximumin semi-straight1 the most apical ones are thinvery thin andon colonnademay be present(Plates 17, 18)up to thecolonnades;and there are some couplets; theonly in thebeams; someor completelyequatorialsome columnsrest are in individual arrangementintercolumnsdo not matchabsentthird, afterare very closeand thicken as they approach thecapitalswhich onlyto each otherequatorthe beamin the apicalcan beregion2 thin, slightly sinuous in the apicaldistinguishedand equatorial thirds, and zig-zagin the basal3 slightly thickened, withoutprojections of the plinthsAglaismaximumin semi-straight1 single arrangement, althoughvery thin andon colonnadesubtle; in(Plates 17, 18)up to thecolonnades; thesome of the most apical ones areonly in thegirders andapical pole andequatorialmost projectedslender and in alternate pairs;intercolumnscoincide withcoincide withthird, afterare in the apicaltapering towards the basecapitalsprojections ofwhich onlythirdthe plinthsthe beam2 thin and sinuous by depressionscan beof the aeropylesdistinguished3 little thickened and much reducedtowards equator; plinths moreprojected at apexVanessathroughoutin arcaded1 in individual arrangement; thick,very thin andon capitals;only in apical(Plates 17, 18)the chorioncolonnadeslongest in apical section andonly in thein the mostpoletaperingtapering towards the baseintercolumnsdepressed partstowards theof the archedbase2 thin and forming arches betweenbeamthe columns3 absent; the plinths barely project
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