Doryphora is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. It includes nine species from Central and South America.
Biology
Doryphora beetles live and feed on vines of family Apocynaceae.
Doryphora reproduce during the transition from the dry to the wet season. Some species are subsocial, with adult females guarding their eggs and larvae from predation.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
- Doryphora aeneoornata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora bella <small>Baly, 1858</small>
- Doryphora bioleyi <small>(Achard)</small>
- Doryphora centrumpunctata <small>Achard, 1925</small>
- Doryphora decemstillata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora diagonalis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora diagonalis diagonalis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora diagonalis ramulifera <small>Achard, 1923</small>
- Doryphora falleni <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Doryphora impar <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Doryphora insignicornis <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora ligata <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora paykulli <small>(StÃÂ¥l, 1859)</small>
- Doryphora princeps <small>Gray, 1832</small>
- Doryphora punctatissima <small>(Olivier, 1790)</small>
- Doryphora reticulata <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>
- Doryphora sallaei <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1859</small>
- Doryphora semiambita <small>StÃÂ¥l, 1858</small>
- Doryphora viridifasciata <small>Jacoby, 1883</small>
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