Contrasting Patterns of Andean Diversification Among Three Diverse Clades of Neotropical Clearwing Butterflies
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Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in a Coastal Plain Area in the State of Paraná, Brazil
62 TROP. LEPID. RES., 26(2): 62-67, 2016 LEVISKI ET AL.: Butterflies in Paraná Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in a coastal plain area in the state of Paraná, Brazil Gabriela Lourenço Leviski¹*, Luziany Queiroz-Santos¹, Ricardo Russo Siewert¹, Lucy Mila Garcia Salik¹, Mirna Martins Casagrande¹ and Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke¹ ¹ Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Caixa Postal 19.020, 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Corresponding author: E-mail: [email protected]٭ Abstract: The coastal plain environments of southern Brazil are neglected and poorly represented in Conservation Units. In view of the importance of sampling these areas, the present study conducted the first butterfly inventory of a coastal area in the state of Paraná. Samples were taken in the Floresta Estadual do Palmito, from February 2014 through January 2015, using insect nets and traps for fruit-feeding butterfly species. A total of 200 species were recorded, in the families Hesperiidae (77), Nymphalidae (73), Riodinidae (20), Lycaenidae (19), Pieridae (7) and Papilionidae (4). Particularly notable records included the rare and vulnerable Pseudotinea hemis (Schaus, 1927), representing the lowest elevation record for this species, and Temenis huebneri korallion Fruhstorfer, 1912, a new record for Paraná. These results reinforce the need to direct sampling efforts to poorly inventoried areas, to increase knowledge of the distribution and occurrence patterns of butterflies in Brazil. Key words: Atlantic Forest, Biodiversity, conservation, inventory, species richness. INTRODUCTION the importance of inventories to knowledge of the fauna and its conservation, the present study inventoried the species of Faunal inventories are important for providing knowledge butterflies of the Floresta Estadual do Palmito. -
Tropical Forests of Brazil and Their Lepidoptera
1959 Journal of the Lepido plerists' Society 79 ESPECIALLY FOR FIELD COLLECTORS (Under the supervision of FRED T. THORNE, 1360 Merritt Dr., El Cajon, Calif., U.S.A.) FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF THE TROPICAL FORESTS OF SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL AND THEIR LEPIDOPTERA by E. P. WILTSHIRE Before leaving England for Rio de Janeiro, I had noted that several subscribers of the Lepidopterists' Society inhabited that city; some of these were private citizens, others employees of at least two scientific institutions. A rapid glance at Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the fVorld, Vol. 5, had shewed me that the neighbourhood of Rio was a favourite collecting ground for Lepi doptera. It looked as though I should not be able to make any valuable scien tific discoveries during a stay of a few years there, but that my outlook would be broadened. Now, after a year at Rio, during which all too little time could be spared for entomology, I venture to summarise my impressions of the Lepi doptera of the city and its neighbourhood and of general conditions affecting their life and their study, in the hope that these may interest readers outside Brazil. They fall into the following subject headings: The study: state of knowledge. The butterfly industry. The habitat: state of botanical knowledge. Representation of groups of Lepidoptera. Characteristic patterns, including mimetic and melanistic; extreme adap- tations. Phenology. Character of the fauna. Breeding, catching, and keeping. THE STUDY OF LEPIDOPTERA AND THE STATE OF KNOWLEDGE Rio is a city of about three million inhabitants. I t is the federal capital of one of the largest countries in the world. -
Effects of Land Use on Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Abundance and Diversity in the Tropical Coastal Regions of Guyana and Australia
ResearchOnline@JCU This file is part of the following work: Sambhu, Hemchandranauth (2018) Effects of land use on butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) abundance and diversity in the tropical coastal regions of Guyana and Australia. PhD Thesis, James Cook University. Access to this file is available from: https://doi.org/10.25903/5bd8e93df512e Copyright © 2018 Hemchandranauth Sambhu The author has certified to JCU that they have made a reasonable effort to gain permission and acknowledge the owners of any third party copyright material included in this document. If you believe that this is not the case, please email [email protected] EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON BUTTERFLY (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY IN THE TROPICAL COASTAL REGIONS OF GUYANA AND AUSTRALIA _____________________________________________ By: Hemchandranauth Sambhu B.Sc. (Biology), University of Guyana, Guyana M.Sc. (Res: Plant and Environmental Sciences), University of Warwick, United Kingdom A thesis Prepared for the College of Science and Engineering, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy James Cook University February, 2018 DEDICATION ________________________________________________________ I dedicate this thesis to my wife, Alliea, and to our little girl who is yet to make her first appearance in this world. i ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ________________________________________________________ I would like to thank the Australian Government through their Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for graciously offering me a scholarship (Australia Aid Award – AusAid) to study in Australia. From the time of my departure from my home country in 2014, Alex Salvador, Katherine Elliott and other members of the AusAid team have always ensured that the highest quality of care was extended to me as a foreign student in a distant land. -
Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae)
STUDIES ON THE ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION OF NEOTROPICAL ITHOMIINE BUTTERFLIES (NYMPHALIDAE: ITHOMIINAE) by GEORGE WILLIAM BECCALONI A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor ofPhilosophy ofthe University ofLondon October 1995 Biogeography and Conservation Laboratory Centre for Population Biology Department of Entomology Imperial College The Natural History Museum Silwood Park Cromwell Road Ascot London SW7 5BD Berkshire SL5 7PY 2 To my mother, Benjie & Judy in love and gratitude 3 ABSTRACT Two aspects ofthe ecology ofNeotropical ithomiine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae) are discussed: mimicry (Chapters 2, 3) and species richness (Chapters 4, 5). Chapter 2 defines eight mimicry complexes involving ithomiines and other insects found in eastern Ecuador. These complexes are dominated by ithomiine individuals. Hypotheses to explain polymorphism in Batesian and Mullerian mimics are assessed. In Chapter 3, evidence that sympatric ithomiine-dominated mimicry complexes are segregated by microhabitat is reviewed. Data confirm that sympatric complexes are segregated vertically by flight height. Flight height is shown to be positively correlated with larval host-plant height. Host-plant partitioning between species in a butterfly community results in the formation of microhabitat guilds of species, and evidence suggests that mimicry may evolve between species which share a guild, but not between guilds. Models for the evolution of mimicry complexes in sympatry, and for polymorphism and dual sex-limited mimicry in Mullerian mimics, are discussed in the light of these findings. Chapter 4 investigates relationships between species richness offamilies and subfamilies ofNeotropical butterflies and overall butterfly species richness at local and regional scales. A strong positive correlation is demonstrated between ithomiine richness and the species richness of all other butterflies. -
Mimicry Some Heliconius (Heliconiinae) from Peru and Colombia, So He Assumed the Resemblance Was the Result of Some Inorganic Mathieu Joron Or Environmental Factors
Preprint for: Joron, M. 2003. In Encyclopedia of insects (R. T. Cardé & V. H. Resh, eds), pp. 714-726. Academic Press, New York. Melinaea, Mechanitis (Ithomiinae), Lycorea (Danainae), and Mimicry some Heliconius (Heliconiinae) from Peru and Colombia, so he assumed the resemblance was the result of some inorganic Mathieu Joron or environmental factors. In 1879, German naturalist Fritz Leiden University, The Netherlands Müller was the first to develop a mathematical demonstration that two unpalatable prey could benefit from mutual resem- imicry is the adaptive resemblance in signal be- blance. He understood that, if the community of predators tween several species in a locality. The most had to kill a certain (fixed) number of prey to learn to avoid M spectacular and intriguing cases are of course them, two indistinguishable distasteful species would to- those of accurate resemblance between distantly related spe- gether suffer this mortality and both reduce their death rate cies, such as spiders mimicking ants. Closely related animals per unit time. Müller actually showed that this benefit was can also benefit from mutual resemblance, in which case biased in favor of the rarer species, to a factor equal to the mimicry results from selection against signal divergence. square of the ratio of the species’ abundance. Therefore, un- equal population sizes translate into even more unequal, The vast majority of the hundreds of thousands of insect spe- although still mutual, benefits: Müllerian mimicry, thus de- cies are described and identifiable on the basis of fined, could be beneficial for both species, and perhaps also morphological characters. This bewildering diversity is, how- for the predators, in contrast to parasitic Batesian mimicry. -
2,5-Dialkyitetrahydrofurans, Common Components of the Cuticular Lipids of Lepidoptera Stefan Schulz2, George Beccalonib, Ritsuo Nishidac, Yves Roisind, R
2,5-DialkyItetrahydrofurans, Common Components of the Cuticular Lipids of Lepidoptera Stefan Schulz2, George Beccalonib, Ritsuo Nishidac, Yves Roisind, R. I. Vane-Wrightb, Jeremy N. McNeil6 a Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany b Department of Entomology British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, United Kingdom c Pesticide Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-01, Japan d Faculte des Sciences C. P. 160, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, B-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium e Departement de biologie, Universite Laval, Quebec, P. Q., G1K 7P4, Canada Z. Naturforsch. 53c, 107-116 (1998); received October 22/November 17, 1997 Lipids, Tetrahydrofurans, Cyclic Ethers, Lepidoptera, Cuticula In more than 50 lepidopteran species 2,5-dialkyltetrahydrofurans were identified as com ponents of the cuticular lipids. The chain length of these compounds varies between C25 and C37 and both cis- and rram-compounds are present. In addition, previously unknown 2-alkyl- 5-(l-hydroxyalkyl)tetrahydrofurans were found in some species. The identification procedure and synthesis of representative compounds are reported. Introduction Lepidoptera and discuss their identification and the synthesis of new derivatives. The cuticle of insects is covered with a lipid layer the primary function of which is to prevent Material and Methods desiccation. Cuticular lipids can consist of hy drocarbons (the major group of compounds in Samples, analysis and sample preparation most species), alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, wax We studied the cuticular lipids of adult male esters, and fatty acids. In addition, dialkyl ethers, butterflies of over 50 species, collected from dif glyceride ethers or triglycerides have been found ferent sources worldwide (Table I). -
Signal Quality, Strategy and Relative Importance (Ithomiini Spp.)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Los Angeles Sensory Ecology of Ithomiine Butterflies: signal quality, strategy and relative importance (Ithomiini spp.) A dissertation submitted in partial satisfaction of the Requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy in Biology by Adrea Gonzalez-Karlsson 2016 © Copyright by Adrea Gonzalez-Karlsson 2016 ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION Sensory Ecology of Ithomiine Butterflies: signal quality, strategy and relative importance (Ithomiini spp.) by Adrea Gonzalez-Karlsson Doctor of Philosophy in Biology University of California, Los Angeles, 2016 Professor Gregory F. Grether, Chair Ithomiine butterflies form large multispecies aggregations, the formation of which is mediated by pheromones. In ithomiiine butterflies, males require secondary plant metabolites to produce pheromones but those same compounds reduce longevity. Males transfer pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs), exogenous plant compounds, to females during copulation. Male Greta morgane butterflies that feed longer on alkaloid-containing plants are preferred by females. Both male Mechanitis polymnia and Greta morgane butterflies fed a diet containing PAs had a shorter lifespan than males fed a diet without PAs indicating a trade-off between survival and reproduction. Despite the importance of chemical cues to mate choice, within multispecies aggregations, ithomines use visual cues initially in conspecific discrimination. However, ithomiines do rely more heavily on chemical cues in discriminating between conspecifics and heterospecific co-mimics. Although chemical cues are important in discriminating between highly visually similar mimics, not all ithomiines are equally faithful mimics. Large, aposematic species of ithomiines are less mimetically faithful while small, cryptic species are highly mimetically faithful. ii The dissertation of Adrea Gonzalez-Karlsson is approved. David B. Green Richard Kent Zimmer Peter Nicholas Nonacs Gregory F. -
Reporte De Los Fondos Del Museo Entomológico
REPORTE DE LOS FONDOS DEL MEFLG ACTUALIZACIÓN DE REGISTROS DE MARIPOSAS ITHOMIINAE DEL MUSEO ENTOMOLOGICO FRANCISCO LUIS GALLEGO Carlos Eduardo Giraldo [email protected] , Luz Miryam Gómez, Juan Suaza, Diana Janeth Suárez, Sandra I. Uribe. Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Medellín Las tablas presentadas a continuación Specify. Desde el 2008 hasta la fecha se recopilan la información sobre los ha venido realizando un nuevo proceso ejemplares de la subfamilia Ithomiinae organización e identificación con la ayuda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), depositados del especialista Keith Willmott Ph.D., en la colección entomológica del Museo Curador de Lepidoptera en McGuire Francisco Luis Gallego según avances del Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, trabajo de grado del estudiante de Florida Museum of Natural History, maestría Carlos Eduardo Giraldo del University of Florida, para la Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática confirmación de las especies. Molecular (GSM) bajo la dirección de la profesora Sandra Uribe, en colaboración La colección de Ithomiinae cuenta con con los profesores del posgrado en 779 ejemplares, que incluyen las diez Entomología y del grupo de investigación tribus reconocidas por el esp.ecialista GSM, Oscar Ortega y Clara Saldamando. Keith Willmott. Los nombres de las También se incluye registros sobre esp.ecies y los resp.ectivos descriptores material revisado por los estudiantes de presentados en este listado, corresponden maestría Luz Miryam Gómez y Juan a los nombres válidos encontrados en la David Suaza en sus resp.ectivos trabajos lista de chequeo de Lamas (2004). La de grado e investitgación y la estudiante tribu mejor representada es la tribu de Agronomía del semillero del GSM, Dircennini que incluye 29 especies con Diana Suárez. -
Lepidópteros, Estado De Conservación, Indicador Ambiental, Diversidad
vi vii UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN – TARAPOTO FACULTAD DE ECOLOGIA ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE INGENIERIA AMBIENTAL “Riqueza y abundancia de lepidópteros como indicadores del estado de conservación del bosque, en el centro de producción e investigación Pabloyacu de la Provincia de Moyobamba - 2017” Tesis para optar el título profesional de INGENIERO AMBIENTAL AUTOR: Bach. Kelita Quispe Guerrero ASESOR: Blgo. M.Sc. Luis Eduardo Rodríguez Pérez. Código N°: 6050717 Tarapoto –Perú 2018 viii ix x xi vi DEDICATORIA A Dios En primer lugar y con infinita gratitud, a nuestro señor todo poderoso, por darme la vida y el deseo de superación. A mi Madre: Rosa Guerrero Jiménez, por su amor, su dedicación, su ayuda incondicional para hacer mis sueños realidad. Por ser mi ejemplo a seguir, por formar parte de mi vida y ser mi compañera de ruta. A mi padre: Enrique Quispe Hernández por su perseverancia, su fuerza y apoyo que me brinda con amor para seguir adelante y crecer como persona Kelita vii AGRADECIMIENTO A mis padres y hermanos, por el apoyo incondicional brindado, por haber contribuido en mi formación profesional, por su comprensión y por compartir mis sueños; sin la ayuda de ellos no hubiera sido posible. A los docentes de la Facultad de Ecología, por los conocimientos impartidos en las aulas y que día a día nos forman para afrontar los grandes retos de la vida profesional. Al Blgo M Sc. Luis Eduardo Rodríguez Pérez, por ser gran maestro, por brindarme su dedicación, orientación y profesionalismo, para desarrollar el presente Proyecto de investigación en todas las etapas propuestas, con el éxito deseado por su asesoramiento y aporte en el presente Trabajo de Investigación. -
Mariposas Diurnas (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) Asociadas a Una Plantación Citrícola Del Canón Del Río Cauca, Caldas - Colombia*
BOLETÍN CIENTÍFICO bol.cient.mus.hist.nat. 19 (2), julio-diciembre, 2015. 83-94. ISSN: 0123-3068 (Impreso) ISSN: 2462-8190 (En línea) CENTRO DE MUSEOS MUSEO DE HISTORIA NATURAL MARIPOSAS DIURNAS (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONOIDEA) ASOCIADAS A UNA PLANTACIÓN CITRÍCOLA DEL CANÓN DEL RÍO CAUCA, CALDAS - COLOMBIA* Carlos E. Giraldo1, Mario A. Marín2, Sandra Uribe3 Resumen El entorno natural es y ha sido modificado acorde a las necesidades humanas, ya sea para la urbanización o la expansión de las áreas de cultivo. El cambio en la cobertura de las áreas trae consigo un cambio en la diversidad asociada. Los insectos son uno de los grupos mejor estudiados en ecosistemas agrícolas, sin embargo dicho conocimiento se limita generalmente a las especies plaga y sus reguladores biológicos. Las maripo- sas han sido usadas como un grupo indicador ya que permiten evaluar el impacto de las prácticas de manejo y modificación del hábitat. Esto, motivó el estudió de la diversidad de mariposas diurnas asociadas a un agroecosistema citrícola en el cañón del río Cauca, Colombia. El muestreo arrojó un registro de 76 especies representadas mayoritariamente por la familia Nymphalidae. Este trabajo contribuye así al cono- cimiento de la lepidopterofauna colombiana y a incrementar los datos de distribución de mariposas diurnas en América. Palabras clave: Nymphalidae, producción agrícola, biodiversidad. * FR: 14-IV-2015 . FA: .26-X-2015 1 Estudiante Doctorado en Biología. Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Medellín, Colombia. Autor para correspondencia. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Departamento de Biología Animal, Instituto de Biología, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). -
Ecosistema, Flora, Fauna, Especies, Diversidad, Abundancia, Componente
vii viii UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN – TARAPOTO FACULTAD DE ECOLOGÍA ESCUELA PROFESIONAL DE INGENIERÍA AMBIENTAL Evaluación del área natural de aguajales para la determinación de su potencial ecoturístico en el distrito de Yantaló-2017 Tesis para optar el título profesional de Ingeniero Ambiental AUTOR: Bach. Roiser José Garcia Gonzales ASESOR: Ing. M.Sc. Santiago Alberto Casas Luna Código N° 6052517 Moyobamba – Perú 2018 ix x xi xii vi Dedicatoria Esta investigación lo dedico principalmente a mis abuelitos Manuel Gonzales Maldonado y Clara Constantino Saavedra por criarme e inculcarme buenos valores y por su apoyo incondicional y económico a lo largo de mi vida y a mi mamá Edisa Gonzales Constantino por estar presente en las buenas y en las malas, dándome consejos y apoyo a lo largo de 5 años de estudio en la universidad. Roiser Garcia. vii Agradecimiento A la Universidad Nacional de San Martin-Tarapoto, por darme la oportunidad de formarme durante 5 años en la carrera profesional de ingeniería ambiental y a la vez por permitirme realizar mi tesis titulada: Evaluación del área natural de aguajales, para la determinación de su potencial ecoturístico, en el distrito de Yantaló. Para así contribuir al cuidado del ambiente mediante estilos de vida sostenibles y en armonía con la naturaleza a través del fortalecimiento de las prácticas ecoturísticas en el aria de estudio. Mi Agradecimiento sincero y de corazón a mi asesor de tesis, al Ing. M.Sc. Santiago Alberto Casas Luna, una gran persona y maestro; por apoyarme y brindarme su tiempo, dedicación, conocimientos y recomendaciones en todo el proceso de la investigación para así lograr las metas y los resultados deseados. -
Lepidoptera Diversity of an Ecuadorian Lowland Rain Forest1
ZOBODAT - www.zobodat.at Zoologisch-Botanische Datenbank/Zoological-Botanical Database Digitale Literatur/Digital Literature Zeitschrift/Journal: Neue Entomologische Nachrichten Jahr/Year: 1998 Band/Volume: 41 Autor(en)/Author(s): Racheli Tommaso, Racheli Luigi Artikel/Article: Lepidoptera diversity of an Ecuadorian lowland rain forest (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae) 95- 117 -9 5 - Lepidoptera diversity of an Ecuadorian lowland rain forest1 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae) by Tommaso Racheli & L uigi Racheli Introduction Faunistic lists are a very important tool for several fields in biological researches. We must stress however that comparisons of faunistic lists of different sites are always difficult to be made due to differences in area size, to divergence in classification, and to the differences of the operators techniques. Therefore it is often uneasy to deal with sets of data and to compare the results. None the less, surveys and comparisons of butterflies in selected sites of the Neotropical realm seem to be very popular nowadays (Lamas , 1983a, 1983b; Lamas et al., 1991; Raguso & Llorente , 1991; Austin et al., 1996; Balcazar , 1993). They are particularly aimed at gathering sets of data tor conservation purposes and at identifying hotspots of endemicity. Dramatic is the lacking of published long-term surveys on moths in limited areas of the Neotropics. Unexpectedly, no recent faunistic lists of Ecuadorian butterflies have appeared except that of Ma- quipucuna Reserve on the western side of the country (Raguso & G loster , 1996). Having observed butterflies, Saturniids and Hawkmoths for almost 15 years in Ecuador, as Clench (1979) suggests, the time is arrived to submit a survey of these taxa occuring in an Amazonian area of Ecuador.