Yanayacu Biological Station and Center for Creative Studies, Cosanga, Ecuador, c/o 721 Foch y Amazonas, Quito, Ecuador.
J Insect Sci. 2011;11:5. doi: 10.1673/031.011.0105.
The immature stages and natural history of Mygona irmina Doubleday (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Pronophilina) from northeastern Ecuadorian cloud forests are described based on 17 rearings. The dwarf bamboo, Chusquea c.f. scandens Kunth (Poaceae, Bambusoidea) is the larval food plant. Eggs are laid singly on the bottom side of mature host plant leaves. Larvae take 102-109 days to mature from egg to adult. Adults are encountered most frequently on sunny days, flying rapidly over areas dominated by their food plant or feeding on the ground at mammal feces. Males are often encountered inside large forest gaps near patches of bamboo guarding perches in the mid-canopy.
厄瓜多尔东北部云雾林的 Mygona irmina Doubleday（鳞翅目：弄蝶科：Satyrinae：Pronophilina）的未成熟阶段和自然历史是基于 17 次饲养描述的。矮竹，Chusquea c.f. scandens Kunth（禾本科，竹亚科）是幼虫的食物植物。卵单独产在成熟的宿主植物叶片的下侧。幼虫从卵到成虫成熟需要 102-109 天。成虫最常出现在晴天，在以其食物植物为主的区域快速飞行，或在地面上以哺乳动物粪便为食。雄虫常出现在靠近中冠区竹丛栖息处的大型森林缝隙内。
