DOCSLIB.ORG

Butterflies and Moths of Darien Province, Panama

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Butterflies and Moths of Darien Province, Panama Heliothis ononis Flax Bollworm Moth Coptotriche aenea Blackberry Leafminer Argyresthia canadensis Apyrrothrix araxes Dull Firetip Phocides pigmalion Mangrove Skipper Phocides belus Belus Skipper Phocides palemon Guava Skipper Phocides urania Urania skipper Proteides mercurius Mercurial Skipper Epargyreus zestos Zestos Skipper Epargyreus clarus Silver-spotted Skipper Epargyreus spanna Hispaniolan Silverdrop Epargyreus exadeus Broken Silverdrop Polygonus leo Hammock Skipper Polygonus savigny Manuel's Skipper Chioides albofasciatus White-striped Longtail Chioides zilpa Zilpa Longtail Chioides ixion Hispaniolan Longtail Aguna asander Gold-spotted Aguna Aguna claxon Emerald Aguna Aguna metophis Tailed Aguna Typhedanus undulatus Mottled Longtail Typhedanus ampyx Gold-tufted Skipper Polythrix octomaculata Eight-spotted Longtail Polythrix mexicanus Mexican Longtail Polythrix asine Asine Longtail Polythrix caunus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Zestusa dorus Short-tailed Skipper Codatractus carlos Carlos' Mottled-Skipper Codatractus alcaeus White-crescent Longtail Codatractus yucatanus Yucatan Mottled-Skipper Codatractus arizonensis Arizona Skipper Codatractus valeriana Valeriana Skipper Urbanus proteus Long-tailed Skipper Urbanus viterboana Bluish Longtail Urbanus belli Double-striped Longtail Urbanus pronus Pronus Longtail Urbanus esmeraldus Esmeralda Longtail Urbanus evona Turquoise Longtail Urbanus dorantes Dorantes Longtail Urbanus teleus Teleus Longtail Urbanus tanna Tanna Longtail Urbanus simplicius Plain Longtail Urbanus procne Brown Longtail Urbanus doryssus White-tailed Longtail Astraptes fulgerator Two-barred Flasher Astraptes egregius Small-spotted Flasher Astraptes alardus Frosted Flasher Astraptes habana Frosty Flasher Astraptes alector Gilbert's Flasher Astraptes anaphus Yellow-tipped Flasher Autochton cellus Golden Banded-Skipper Autochton pseudocellus Sonoran Banded-Skipper Autochton cincta Chisos Banded-Skipper Autochton vectilucis Central American Banded-Skipper Autochton neis Broad Banded-Skipper Autochton longipennis Spike Banded-Skipper Achalarus lyciades Hoary Edge Achalarus casica Desert Cloudywing Achalarus tehuacana Tehuacan or Dark Cloudywing Achalarus albociliatus Skinner's Cloudywing Achalarus toxeus Coyote Cloudywing Thessia jalapus Jalapus Cloudywing Thorybes drusius Drusius Cloudywing Thorybes pylades Northern Cloudywing Thorybes bathyllus Southern Cloudywing Thorybes confusis Confused Cloudywing Thorybes diversus Western Cloudywing Thorybes mexicana Mexican Cloudywing Cabares potrillo Potrillo Skipper Celaenorrhinus fritzgaertneri Fritzgaertner's Flat Celaenorrhinus stallingsi Stallings' Flat Celaenorrhinus stola Slota Flat Spathilepia clonius Falcate Skipper Cogia hippalus Acacia Skipper Cogia outis Outis Skipper Cogia caicus Gold-costa Skipper Cogia calchas Mimosa Skipper Bungalotis quadratum Pallid Scarlet-eye Arteurotia tractipennis Starred Skipper Polyctor cleta Cleta Tufted-Skipper Polyctor enops Enops Tufted-Skipper Nisoniades rubescens Purplish-black Skipper Pellicia arina Glazed Pellicia Pellicia dimidiata Morning Glory Pellicia Noctuana stator Red-studded Skipper Noctuana lactifera Cryptic Skipper Windia windi Wind's Skipper Bolla brennus Obscure Bolla Bolla eusebius Spatulate Sootywing Bolla clytius Mottled Bolla Staphylus ceos Golden-headed Scallopwing Staphylus vulgata Golden-snouted Sootywing Staphylus hayhurstii Hayhurst's Scallopwing Staphylus mazans Mazans Scallopwing Staphylus ascalaphus Central American Sootywing or Mauve Scallopwing Staphylus azteca Aztec Scallopwing Gorgythion begga Variegated Skipper Sostrata nordica Blue-studded Skipper Paches polla Polla Blue-Skipper Carrhenes canescens Hoary Skipper Carrhenes fuscescens Tanned Hoary-Skipper Xenophanes tryxus Glassy-winged Skipper Onenses hyalophora Crystal-winged Skipper Antigonus emorsa White Spurwing Antigonus erosus Antigonus nearchus Large Spurwing Mylon pelopidas Pale Mylon / Dingy Mylon Mylon lassia Bold Mylon Systasea pulverulenta Texas Powdered Skipper Systasea zampa Arizona Powdered Skipper Achlyodes busirus heros Giant Sicklewing Achlyodes pallida Pale Sicklewing Eantis tamenund Northern Sicklewing Eantis papinianus Cuban Sicklewing Zera hyacinthinus Bruised Skipper Quadrus lugubris Tanned Blue-Skipper Atarnes sallei Orange-spotted Skipper Grais stigmaticus Hermit Skipper Timochares ruptifasciata Brown-banded Skipper Timochares trifasciata Many-banded Skipper Anastrus sempiternus Common Anastrus Anastrus neaeris neaeris Brilliant Anastrus Ebrietas anacreon Common Bent-Skipper Helias cama Squared Bent-Skipper Theagenes aegides White-centered Bent-Skipper Chiomara georgina White-patched Skipper Chiomara mithrax Slaty Skipper Gesta invisus False Duskywing Ephyriades zephodes Zephodes Duskywing Ephyriades arcas Caribbean Duskywing Ephyriades brunnea Florida Duskywing Erynnis icelus Dreamy Duskywing Erynnis brizo Sleepy Duskywing Erynnis juvenalis Juvenal's Duskywing Erynnis telemachus Rocky Mountain Duskywing Erynnis propertius Propertius Duskywing Erynnis meridianus Meridian Duskywing Erynnis scudderi Scudder's Duskywing Erynnis horatius Horace's Duskywing Erynnis tristis Mournful Duskywing Erynnis martialis Mottled Duskywing Erynnis pacuvius Pacuvius Duskywing Erynnis zarucco Zarucco Duskywing Erynnis funeralis Funereal Duskywing Erynnis baptisiae Wild Indigo Duskywing Erynnis lucilius Columbine Duskywing Erynnis afranius Afranius Duskywing Erynnis persius Persius Duskywing Aethilla lavochrea Yellow-rimmed Skipper Aethilla echina Echina Skipper Anisochoria bacchus Northern Snout-Skipper Pyrgus centaureae Grizzled Skipper Pyrgus ruralis Two-banded Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus xanthus Mountain Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus scriptura Small Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus communis Common Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus albescens White Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus adepta Central American Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus philetas Desert Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus oileus Tropical Checkered-Skipper Pyrgus crisia Antillean Checkered-Skipper Heliopyrgus domicella Erichson's White-Skipper Heliopyrgus sublinea Heliopetes ericetorum Northern White-Skipper Heliopetes macaira Turk's-cap White-Skipper Heliopetes laviana Laviana White-Skipper Heliopetes arsalte Veined White-Skipper Heliopetes alana Alana White-Skipper Celotes nessus Common Streaky-Skipper Celotes limpia Scarce Streaky-Skipper Pholisora catullus Common Sootywing Pholisora mejicanus Mexican Sootywing Hesperopsis libya Mohave Sootywing Hesperopsis alpheus Saltbush Sootywing Hesperopsis gracielae MacNeill's Sootywing Creonpyge creon Creon Skipper Carterocephalus palaemon Arctic Skipper Piruna pirus Russet Skipperling Piruna haferniki Chisos Skipperling Piruna polingii Four-spotted Skipperling Piruna aea Many-spotted Skipperling Piruna microstictus Small-spotted Skipperling Piruna penaea Hour-glass Skipperling Synapte malitiosa Malicious Skipper Synapte pecta Northern Faceted-Skipper Synapte syraces Bold Faceted Skipper Synapte shiva Faded Faceted Skipper Synapte salenus Salenus Skipper Anthoptus epictetus Trailside Skipper Corticea corticea Redundant Skipper Zariaspes mys Mys Skipper Vinius tryhana Gold-washed Skipper Apaustus gracilis Delicate Skipper Callimormus saturnus Saturnus Skipper Mnasicles geta Violet-frosted Skipper Vidius perigenes Pale-rayed Skipper Monca crispinus Violet-patched Skipper Nastra lherminier Swarthy Skipper Nastra neamathla Neamathla Skipper Nastra julia Julia's Skipper Cymaenes tripunctus Three-spotted Skipper Cymaenes alumna Alumna Skipper Cymaenes trebius Fawn-spotted Skipper Vehilius inca Inca Skipper Vehilius stictomenes Pasture Skipper Lerema accius Clouded Skipper Lerema ancillaris Liris Skipper Niconiades nikko Nikko Skipper Vettius fantasos Fantastic Skipper Joanna joanna Joanna's Skipper Perichares philetes Green-backed Ruby-eye Rhinthon osca Osca Skipper Rhinthon bushi Bush's Skipper Decinea percosius Double-dotted Skipper Decinea decinea Huastecan Skipper Orthos lycortas Lycortas Skipper Conga chydaea Hidden-ray Skipper Ancyloxypha numitor Least Skipper Ancyloxypha arene Tropical Least Skipper Oarisma garita Garita Skipperling Oarisma poweshiek Poweshiek Skipperling Oarisma edwardsii Edwards' Skipperling Copaeodes aurantiaca Orange Skipperling Copaeodes minima Southern Skipperling Adopaeoides prittwitzi Sunrise Skipper Thymelicus lineola European Skipper Hylephila phyleus Fiery Skipper Pseudocopaeodes eunus Alkali Skipper Stinga morrisoni Morrison's Skipper Hesperia uncas Uncas Skipper Hesperia juba Juba Skipper Hesperia comma Common Branded Skipper Hesperia assiniboia Plains Skipper Hesperia colorado Western Branded Skipper Hesperia woodgatei Apache Skipper Hesperia ottoe Ottoe Skipper Hesperia leonardus Leonard's Skipper Hesperia pahaska Pahaska Skipper Hesperia columbia Columbian Skipper Hesperia metea Cobweb Skipper Hesperia viridis Green Skipper Hesperia attalus Dotted Skipper Hesperia meskei Meske's Skipper Hesperia dacotae Dakota Skipper Hesperia lindseyi Lindsey's Skipper Hesperia sassacus Indian Skipper Hesperia miriamae Sierra Skipper Hesperia nevada Nevada Skipper Atalopedes campestris Sachem Atalopedes mesogramma Mesogramma Skipper Polites rhesus Rhesus Skipper Polites carus Carus Skipper Polites peckius Peck's Skipper Polites sabuleti Sandhill Skipper Polites draco Draco Skipper Polites mardon Mardon Skipper Polites themistocles Tawny-edged Skipper Polites baracoa Baracoa Skipper Polites origenes Crossline Skipper Polites mystic Long Dash Polites sonora Sonora Skipper Polites vibex Whirlabout Wallengrenia egeremet Northern Broken-Dash Wallengrenia otho Southern
Load more

Recommended publications
  • INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DE GUATEMALA CON UNA RESEÑA HISTÓRICA Towards a Synthesis of the Papilionoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Guatemala with a Historical Sketch
    ZOOLOGÍA-TAXONOMÍA www.unal.edu.co/icn/publicaciones/caldasia.htm Caldasia 31(2):407-440. 2009 HACIA UNA SÍNTESIS DE LOS PAPILIONOIDEA (INSECTA: LEPIDOPTERA) DE GUATEMALA CON UNA RESEÑA HISTÓRICA Towards a synthesis of the Papilionoidea (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Guatemala with a historical sketch JOSÉ LUIS SALINAS-GUTIÉRREZ El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). Unidad Chetumal. Av. Centenario km. 5.5, A. P. 424, C. P. 77900. Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México, México. [email protected] CLAUDIO MÉNDEZ Escuela de Biología, Universidad de San Carlos, Ciudad Universitaria, Campus Central USAC, Zona 12. Guatemala, Guatemala. [email protected] MERCEDES BARRIOS Centro de Estudios Conservacionistas (CECON), Universidad de San Carlos, Avenida La Reforma 0-53, Zona 10, Guatemala, Guatemala. [email protected] CARMEN POZO El Colegio de la Frontera Sur (ECOSUR). Unidad Chetumal. Av. Centenario km. 5.5, A. P. 424, C. P. 77900. Chetumal, Quintana Roo, México, México. [email protected] JORGE LLORENTE-BOUSQUETS Museo de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. Apartado Postal 70-399, México D.F. 04510; México. [email protected]. Autor responsable. RESUMEN La riqueza biológica de Mesoamérica es enorme. Dentro de esta gran área geográfi ca se encuentran algunos de los ecosistemas más diversos del planeta (selvas tropicales), así como varios de los principales centros de endemismo en el mundo (bosques nublados). Países como Guatemala, en esta gran área biogeográfi ca, tiene grandes zonas de bosque húmedo tropical y bosque mesófi lo, por esta razón es muy importante para analizar la diversidad en la región. Lamentablemente, la fauna de mariposas de Guatemala es poco conocida y por lo tanto, es necesario llevar a cabo un estudio y análisis de la composición y la diversidad de las mariposas (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) en Guatemala.
    [Show full text]
  • Panama's Brilliant Butterflies December 3-15, 2017
    Panama's Brilliant Butterflies December 3-15, 2017 Guides: Faustino "Tino" Sanchez Daily Itinerary : Linda Harrison Day 1 - December 3rd; Arrival, Canopy Lodge gardens Day 2 - December 4th; Cara Iguana am & Las Mozas pm Day 3 - December 5th; Las Minas/Cara Iguana am & Finca Macarena/Las Minas pm TOTAL SPECIES: 301 (including 5?) Day 4 - December 6th; Altos del Maria & Canopy Lodge gardens Day 5 - December 7th; Canopy Lodge am & Canopy Tower/Semaphore Hill pm Main Tour: 235 Day 6 - December 8th; Ammo Ponds & Pipeline Road Day 7 - December 9th; Metropolitan Park, Canopy Tower & Summit Ponds Camp: 144 Day 8 - December 10th; Canopy Tower Canopy Camp Extension : Blue=species added Main Tour: 6 Day 8 - December 10th; Bayano Lake, Torti & Canopy Camp grounds Orange=species added Camp Tour: 4 Day 9 - December 11th; Canopy Camp am & Pan American Hwy. pm Day 10 - December 12th; El Salto Road am & Pan American Hwy. pm Day 11 - December 13th; El Salto Road am & Lagos Blancas pm There are a few trip photos at end! Day 12 - December 14th; Aligondi am & Sansom pm Day 13 - December 15th; San Francisco Reserve am 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th PAPILIONIDAE SWALLOWTAILS Papilioninae Swallowtails & Cattlehearts Neographium agesilaus Short-lined Kite-Swallowtail X Battus polydamas Polydamas Swallowtail X Battus ingenuus Dyar's Swallowtail X Parides childrenae childrenae Green-celled Cattleheart X X X X X X Parides sesostris tarquinius Emerald-patched Cattleheart X X X XCC X X Heraclides anchisiades Ruby-spotted Swallowtail X Heraclides
    [Show full text]
  • Communal Roosting in Relation to Warning Colour In
    VOLUME 29, N"UMBER 4 221 COMMUNAL ROOSTING IN RELATION TO WARNING COLOUR IN TWO HELICONIINE BUTTERFLIES (NYMPHALIDAE) 1 JOHN R. G. TURNER2 Genetics Laboratory, Depaltment of Zoo:..Jgy, University of Oxford, England Communal roosting, reported for few butterfly specics, appears to be of three types: (1) night-roosting, associated with repeated homing to the same roost, reported in acraeines, heliconiines, ithomiines and one nymphaline, and apparently occurring only in tropical species (Dewitz, 1877; Jones, 1930; Poulton, 1931; Carpenter, 1931; Moss, 1933; Beebe, 1950; Crane, 1957; Turner, 1971b; Benson & Emmel, 1973); (2) night­ time aggregations of temperate grassland butterflies such as blues and satyrids (in Scotland I have noted several dozen Coenonympha pamphi­ lus (L.) resting on the head of a flowering herb in late afternoon) which may result only from high population density; and (3) long-term aggregations during diapause, well known for the monarch (Danaus plexippus (L.)), and also observed in the tropical nymphaline Smyrna karwinskii (Geyer) (M uyshondt & M uyshondt, 1974), and the temperate arctiid moth Euplagia quadripunctaria Poda (Johnson et aI., 1963). The function of these communes, whether night-roosts or diapause aggrega­ tions, is little understood, and it is not even clear how many species in what taxonomic groups have these habits, a situation complicated by the fact (K. S. Brown, pel's. comm.) that some heliconiines which roost singly in some times and places, roost communally in others. I shall here discuss night-roosting only. Two authors have proposed models of the ecology and evolution of tropical butterflies which link together, as part of the same complex of adaptations, communal night-roosting, restricted home range (with homing to roost), great adult longevity and high unpalatability (Ben­ SOIl, 1971; Turner, 1967, 1971a).
    [Show full text]
  • Ecology, Population Biology and Mortality of Euptoieta Hegesia Cramer (Nymphalidae) on Jamaica
    }<mrnal <1 the Lepidopterists' Society 52(1), 1998, 9-39 ECOLOGY, POPULATION BIOLOGY AND MORTALITY OF EUPTOIETA HEGESIA CRAMER (NYMPHALIDAE) ON JAMAICA PHILLIP J. SCHAPPERT] AND JOEL S. SHORE Department of Biology, York University, 4700 Keele Street, North York, Ontario M3J IP3, Canada ABSTRACT. We examine the ecology, population biology and potential sources of mortality of Euptoieta hegesia, a tropical lowland butterfly from Jamaica, using a combina­ tion of captive rearing, studies of natural populations, and experimental approaches. We provide detailed observations of the life cycle and methods for captive rearing of this spe­ cies. We assess the relative performance of larvae on primary and secondary hostplants, distribution of larvae on the primary hostplant, hostplant population utilization, and the distribution of E. hegesia on the island. A mark-release-recapture study was conducted to estimate population parameters and we recorded sex, size, age (as estimated by wing wear), and wing damage sustained by the butterflies prior to their initial capture. We pro­ vide evidence that Tumera ulmifdia is the plimary hostplant of K hegesia on Jamaica and that butterfly population size is not limited by the availability of hostplants. These short­ lived butterflies appear to be residents of discrete hostplant populations and experience high mortality levels. Females are damaged more frequently, show more total damage and more frequent symmetrical hindwing damage (attributablc to ground-based predators) than do males. Wc compare the results of the population study with available studies of other tropical butterflies and suggest that lowland butterfly population structure and dy­ namics are Significantly different from that of rainforest species.
    [Show full text]
  • Rapid Assessment of a Coastal Countryside in El Salvador
    Mongabay.com Open Access Journal - Tropical Conservation Science Vol.2(1):34-51, 2009 Research Article Butterfly (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) rapid assessment of a coastal countryside in El Salvador Timothy C. Bonebrake1 and Rubén Sorto2 1Stanford University, Center for Conservation Biology, Dept. of Biology, Stanford, CA 94305- 5020. Email: [email protected] 2SalvaNATURA, Conservation Science Program, 33 Ave. Sur. #640. Colonia Flor Blanca, San Salvador, El Salvador, C.A. Email: [email protected] Abstract Conservation organizations often must rely on data collected quickly and cheaply to make informed decisions in unstudied regions. Butterflies represent an opportunity in this respect, in that many species can typically be sampled and identified in a short time and provide an indication of habitat or conservation value as well. During nine days of sampling in June 2008, we found and identified 84 butterfly species and 1,856 butterfly individuals at Playa El Icacal, Department of La Unión, El Salvador, using transect counts. Through species richness estimators and a ratio extrapolation based on a list of species expected to be found onsite, we sampled 40-60% of the butterfly community present. Species richness at the site is estimated to be between 100 and 200 species. Sites with small patches of dry forest (La Bocana and La Laguna) had higher species richness than sites without dry forest (Hacienda Casco, El Manglar, and El Esteron). While two weeks is not enough time to fully document the butterfly community in 20 km2 of neotropical coastal countryside, we were able to provide a valuable estimate of species richness and provide some information as to which areas in the region hold the most conservation value.
    [Show full text]
  • ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES of POLYPHENISM and GREGARIOUS ROOSTING in the GRASS YELLOW BUTTERFLY Eurema Elathea (PIERIDAE)
    POLYPHENISM AND GREGARIOUS ROOSTING IN THE BUTTERFLY Eurema elathea 151 ECOLOGICAL CORRELATES OF POLYPHENISM AND GREGARIOUS ROOSTING IN THE GRASS YELLOW BUTTERFLY Eurema elathea (PIERIDAE) RUSZCZYK, A.,1 MOTTA, P. C.,2 BARROS, R. L.3 and ARAÚJO, A. M.4 1C.P. 9011, CEP 90040-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil 2Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade de Brasília, CEP 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil 3Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, CEP 38400-902, Uberlândia, MG, Brazil 4Departamento de Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, C.P. 15053, CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil Correspondence to: Alexandre Ruszczyk, C.P. 9011, CEP 90040-970, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, e-mail: [email protected] Received April 22, 2002 – Accepted April 30, 2003 – Distributed February 29, 2004 (With 5 figures) ABSTRACT Eurema elathea adults were censused weekly (1992-1994) in six night-roosts around a forest frag- ment on a farm, and in two roosts in the urban area of Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Males were grouped in six phenotypic classes. These were based on a range between having a conspicuous wide black bar at the dorsal forewing inner margin (wet season dark morphs) and the absence of that bar (dry season light morphs). The body mass and wing area of co-occurring morphs were compared: differents morphs showed similar means. The abundance of butterflies and morph frequencies var- ied in close relation to humidity (rainfall). Individuals were infrequent and monomorphically dark in the wet season while light morphs predominated in dry periods when population peaked. A lower frac- tion of recaptured individuals and higher recruitment were recorded compared to other night-roost- ing butterflies.
    [Show full text]
  • UC Irvine UC Irvine Electronic Theses and Dissertations
    UC Irvine UC Irvine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Title Deconstructing visual signals in social butterflies Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/0jd725qm Author Finkbeiner, Susan Diane Publication Date 2015 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ 4.0 Peer reviewed|Thesis/dissertation eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE Deconstructing visual signals in social butterflies DISSERTATION Submitted in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology by Susan Diane Finkbeiner Dissertation Committee: Professor Adriana D. Briscoe, Co-chair Professor Robert D. Reed, Co-chair Professor Nancy T. Burley Professor Kailen A. Mooney 2015 Chapter 1 © 2012 The Royal Society Chapter 2 © 2014 John Wiley and Sons All other materials © 2015 Susan D. Finkbeiner DEDICATION To My parents: Mary and David Finkbeiner, for their unconditional support throughout my lifelong endeavors to become an entomologist and study tropical butterflies; My sisters: Brenda Finkbeiner and Karla DeFazio, for their patience enduring my obsession with insects; And to the late Dr. Thomas Eisner: who encouraged me to never loose curiosity for the fascinating insects and butterflies that I love. “No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed.” -Billie Jean King “In Wildness is the preservation of the world” - Henry David Thoreau ii TABLE OF CONTENTS Page LIST OF FIGURES……………………………………………………………… iv LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………. vi ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……………………………………………………… vii CURRICULUM VITAE...………………………………………………………. ix ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION……………………………………….. xi INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………. 1 CHAPTER 1: Anti-predator benefits of communal roosting behavior in Heliconius butterflies Introduction……………………………………………………………… 14 Methods………………………………………………………………….. 17 Results…………………………………………………………………… 22 Discussion……………………………………………………………….
    [Show full text]
  • Emmel, T. C., and G. T. Austin. 1990. the Tropical Rain Forest Butterfly Fauna of Rondônia, Brazil
    Vol. 1 No. 1 1990 Rondonia butterflies: EMMEL and AUSTIN 1 TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA, 1(1): 1-12 THE TROPICAL RAIN FOREST BUTTERFLY FAUNA OF RONDONIA, BRAZIL SPECIES DIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION THOMAS C. EMMEL and GEORGE T. AUSTIN Department of Zoology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, and Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, 700 Twin Lakes Drive, Las Vegas, NV 89107, USA ABSTRACT.— The state of Rondonia in west central Brazil apparently has the highest reported butterfly diversity in the world, with an estimated 1,500-1,600 species living within several square kilometers in the central part of that state. A preliminary checklist of over 800 identified species is given, and some of the factors contributing to this diversity are described. The tropical rain forest in this area is being rapidly cleared for development and the creation of one or more inviolate biological preserves is urgently needed in order to save a living sample of the incredibly diverse fauna and flora for study by future generations. KEY WORDS: Amazon Basin, butterfly faunas, Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, rain forest, Riodinidae. Rondonia, one of the newest states in western central Brazil, occupies some 93,840 square miles (243,044 sq km) in the southwestern part of the Amazon Basin of South America. This territory, which borders Bolivia to the south and west, was formerly a part of the state of Amazonas and until the last two decades, was primarily important to Brazil's economy only during the Amazon rubber boom, which collapsed in 1912. In 1943, the area was established as Guapore.
    [Show full text]
  • Nymphalidae) Cember 1950, Is “To Promote Internationally Mark H
    Volume 52, Number 1 Spring 2010 Inside: An Overlooked 18th Century List of North American Lepidoptera Conservation Matters: Are Butterflies in Trouble? Satyrine Wing Patterns: A Complex Story Digital Collecting: Stalking the Prey for the Prize Shot A Striking Aberration of Chioides albofasciatus in Texas Caterpillars, Ants and Populuca Indians 2010 Meeting Info Election Results Membership Update, Metamorphosis, Marketplace… …and more! Contents An Overlooked 18th Century List of North American Lepidoptera Volume 52, Number 1 John V. Calhoun. ................................................................................................ 3 Spring 2010 Natural and Sexual Selection in Satyrine Wing Patterns: The Lepidopterists’ Society is a non-profit A Complex Story educational and scientific organization. The Andrei Sourakov ............................................................................................... 6 object of the Society, which was formed in Misumenops bellulus (Araneae: Thomisidae) A Predator of Larval Anaea May 1947 and formally constituted in De- troglodyta floridalis (Nymphalidae) cember 1950, is “to promote internationally Mark H. Salvato and Holly L. Salvato. ............................................................ 6 the science of lepidopterology in all its A Striking Aberration of Chioides albofasciatus (Hewitson, 1867) branches; to further the scientifically sound (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) From South Texas. and progressive study of Lepidoptera, to is- Charles Bordelon and Ed Knudson. ..............................................................
    [Show full text]
  • An Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Honduras
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 2-29-2012 An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras Jacqueline Y. Miller University of Florida, [email protected] Deborah L. Matthews University of Florida, [email protected] Andrew D. Warren University of Florida, [email protected] M. Alma Solis Systematic Entomology Laboratory, PSI, Agriculture Research Service, USDA, [email protected] Donald J. Harvey Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., [email protected] See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Entomology Commons Miller, Jacqueline Y.; Matthews, Deborah L.; Warren, Andrew D.; Solis, M. Alma; Harvey, Donald J.; Gentili- Poole, Patricia; Lehman, Robert; Emmel, Thomas C.; and Covell, Charles V., "An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras" (2012). Insecta Mundi. 725. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/725 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Florida at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Insecta Mundi by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Authors Jacqueline Y. Miller, Deborah L. Matthews, Andrew D. Warren, M. Alma Solis, Donald J. Harvey, Patricia Gentili-Poole, Robert Lehman, Thomas C. Emmel, and Charles V. Covell This article is available at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/ insectamundi/725 INSECTA A Journal of World Insect Systematics MUNDI 0205 An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Honduras Jacqueline Y. Miller, Deborah L.
    [Show full text]
  • Claudio Crespo Ramírez. Autor [920] Versión 1 1/2018
    Claudio Crespo Ramírez. Autor [920] versión 1 1/2018 La finca Santa Gertrudis se asienta en la parroquia Located in Panguintza parish and Zamora canton in Panguintza del cantón Zamora, provincia Zamora Ecuador’s Zamora Chinchipe province, the Santa Chinchipe y la cuál se caracteriza principalmente por Gertrudis farm is mainly dedicated to citrus production, presentar espacios cultivados de cítricos y otros with secondary crops of bananas, sugarcane and secundarios para banano, caña de azúcar y yuca. Sin cassava. The farm also harbors an important patch of embargo, dentro de los límites de la finca existe una native Evergreen Piedmont Forest that has been importante extensión de bosque nativo (Bosque declared a conservation area under the auspices of the Siempre Verde Piemontano) que ha sido declarada national Socio Bosque program. An initiative focused como un área de conservación dentro del programa on the moths and butterflies of this farm aims to inspire nacional Socio Bosque. En esta finca nació la iniciativa the local community by highlighting the most de mostrar a la comunidad del sector un tipo de charismatic group of insects of the animal kingdom, animales que por su hermosura, rareza, tamaños o blessed with beauty, rarity, sizes and forms to amaze formas asombran y deslumbran a cualquier espectador, and dazzle any viewer. These moths and butterflies, convirtiéndolos en el grupo de insectos más popularly known as "forest fairies" because their great carismáticos del reino animal. Además han recibido el beauty, are known by scientists as Lepidoptera mítico nombre de “hadas del bosque” por su gran (meaning scale winged).
    [Show full text]
  • Las Mariposas Del Parque Nacional Darién
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by UP-RID - Repositorio Institucional Digital de la Universidad de Panama MARIPOSAS DEL PARQUE NACIONAL DARIÉN: NYMPHALIDAE, PAPILIONIDAE Y PIERIDAE (LEPIDOPTERA) DEPOSITADAS EN EL MUSEO DE INVERTEBRADOS G. B. FAIRCHILD, UNIVERSIDAD DE PANAMA Alonso Santos M. y Roberto A. Cambra T. Universidad de Panamá, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales, Exactas y Tecnología, Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild. Estafeta Universitaria, Panamá, República de Panamá. e-mail: [email protected], [email protected] RESUMEN Se presenta un listado de especies de las mariposas Nymphalidae, Papilionidae y Pieridae del Parque Nacional Darién (PND) que se encuentran depositadas en el Museo de Invertebrados G. B. Fairchild, Universidad de Panamá (MIUP). Se registran para el Parque Nacional Darién 65 géneros y 123 especies y subespecies de Nymphalidae; 3 géneros y 14 especies y subespecies de Papilionidae; 9 géneros y 15 especies y subespecies de Pieridae. Se presentan fotografías de las especies más coloridas y llamativas de estas familias de mariposas como un incentivo al desarrollo ecoturístico del Parque Nacional Darién. PALABRAS CLAVES Diversidad, Mariposas, Parque Nacional Darién. INTRODUCCIÓN Las mariposas incluyen algunas de los insectos que más atraen la atención de las personas y coleccionistas por su espectacular colorido. Constituyen importante material para la investigación y han sido explotadas en muchos países como un atractivo turístico. Las mariposas pueden ser consideradas un elemento estético del paisaje y también pueden ser utilizadas como indicadoras de la calidad de los Tecnociencia, Vol. 5, N° 2 23 ecosistemas. DeVries (1987) considera que la diversidad de Nymphalidae, Papilionidae y Pieridae es muy parecida entre Costa Rica y Panamá: 543 especies para Costa Rica y cerca de 550 especies para Panamá (estimado basado en el trabajo no publicado del ya fallecido Gordon B.
    [Show full text]