0205: 1-72 2012 An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras Jacqueline Y. Miller, Deborah L. Matthews, Andrew D. Warren McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida P. O. Box 112710, Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710, USA
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[email protected] Abstract. A biodiversity inventory of the Lepidoptera of Pico Bonito National Park and vicinity, in the Department of Atlantida of northern Honduras, was initiated in 2009 to obtain baseline data. We present a revised checklist of Honduran butterfly species (updated from the initial 1967 lists), as well as the first comprehensive list of Honduran moths. Our updated list includes 550 species of Papilionoidea, 311 Hesperioidea, and 1,441 moth species. Keywords. Mesoamerica, Neotropical, Central America, biodiversity, faunal composition, Lepidoptera, Honduras. Introduction A comprehensive inventory of the Lepidoptera of Honduras has been initiated by the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Florida Museum of Natural History, in collaboration with the Centro Zamorano de Biodiversidad, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana–Zamorano, The Lodge at Pico Bonito, and the Centro Universitario Regional del Litoral Atlantico.