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01 Jul 1884-Nature
TL;DR: It appears that butterflies had recognised the true affinity of Brunfelsia long before botanists did so.
Abstract: THE caterpillars of Mechanitis, Dircenna, Ceratinia, and Ithonia feed on different species of Solanaceae (Solanum, Cyphomandra, Bassovia, Cestrum), those of the allied genus Thyridia on Brunfelsia. Now this latter genus of plants had been placed unanimously among the Scrophularineae, till quite recently it was transferred by Bentham and Hooker to the Solanaceae. Thus it appears that butterflies had recognised the true affinity of Brunfelsia long before botanists did so.

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