University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Center for Systematic Entomology, Gainesville, Insecta Mundi Florida 4-28-2017 The butterflies Lepidopt( era, Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies: An updated and annotated checklist Matthew .JW. Cock CABI, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi Part of the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Commons, and the Entomology Commons Cock, Matthew J.W., "The butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies: An updated and annotated checklist" (2017). Insecta Mundi. 1060. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/insectamundi/1060 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. 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Six annotated lists are presented: A, a checklist of the butterfl ies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) of Tobago (150 species); B, species for which there are no records in the last 80 years (49 species); C, species needing confi rma- tion from Tobago (5 species); D, species not accepted from Tobago (12 species); E, species which are likely to occur in Tobago, but have not been recorded (6 species); and F, species and subspecies recorded from Tobago, but not from Trinidad (2 species and 2 subspecies). Remarkably, 33% of the 150 recorded species have not been reported in the last 80 years. While it is possible that some of these are not resident or have become extinct, it seems more likely that most have simply not been found in the last 80 years. The butterfl y fauna of Tobago merits further study; year-round collecting in different habitats and areas, using a variety of techniques, will surely fi ll in many of the apparent gaps in our knowledge. Ouleus fridericus sheldoni ssp. nov. (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) is described from Tobago, with illustrations of adults and male genitalia, and is compared to O. fridericus sinepunctis (Kaye) from Trinidad. Danaus plexippus tobagi A.H. Clark, 1941 is a syn. nov. of D. plexippus nigrippus (Haensch, 1909) (Nymphalidae, Danainae). Key Words. Biogeography, Lesser Antilles, Ouleus fridericus sheldoni. Resumen. Se presentan seis listas anotadas: A, una lista de mariposas de Tobago (150 especies); B, especies para las cuales no hay registros en los últimos 80 años (49 especies); C, especies de Tobago que necesitan confi rmación (5 especies); D, especies de Tobago no aceptadas (12 especies); E, especies que probablemente ocurran en Tobago pero sin registros (6 especies); and F, especies y subespecies con registros de Tobago, pero no de Trinidad (2 espe- cies and 2 subespecies). Es destacable que el 33% de las 150 especies registradas no han sido identifi cadas en los últimos 80 años. Aunque es posible que algunas de esas especies no sean residentes o que se hayan extinguido, parece más posible que simplemente no se hayan encontrado en los últimos 80 años. La fauna de mariposas de Tobago merece un estudio más profundo; a lo largo del año en distintos hábitats y áreas y usando diversas técnicas se conseguirán resolver muchas de las aparentes lagunas de conocimiento. Se describe Ouleus fridericus sheldoni ssp. nov. (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) de Tobago, ilustrando adultos y genitales masculinos, y se compara con O. frid- ericus sinepunctis (Kaye) de Trinidad. Danaus plexippus tobagi A.H. Clark, 1941 es un syn. nov. de D. plexippus nigrippus (Haensch, 1909) (Nymphalidae, Danainae). Palabras Clave. Biogeografía, Antillas Menores, Ouleus fridericus sheldoni Introduction Butterfl ies are a fl agship group for the study of insects and their diversity, and are well documented for most parts of the world. Remarkably, the butterfl ies of Tobago are poorly documented, and nothing substantial has been published on them for nearly 80 years. Compare this with the butterfl ies of the West Indies documented by two books (Riley 1975, Smith et al. 1994) and neighbouring Trinidad docu- mented by a monograph (Kaye 1921) and fi eld guide (Barcant 1970). This paper provides an updated checklist with new records and summarises where some of the gaps and uncertainties lie. Tobago lies 34 km to the northeast of Trinidad, which itself lies 20 km from the eastern extremity of the Paria Peninsula to the northwest, and 14 km from the coast of Venezuela to the southwest. Hence, just as Trinidad’s fauna is represented by a subset of the mainland fauna, Tobago can be expected to host a smaller subset of the fauna of Trinidad. The island of Grenada is the nearest of the Lesser Antil- les, 132 km to the northwest, and a portion of the Tobago fauna can be expected to be in common with Grenada, either having spread north from mainland South America or having spread south through the Antilles. 2 • INSECTA MUNDI 0539, April 2017 COCK History of butterfl y collecting in Tobago. Butterfl ies were one of the fi rst insect groups to be documented from Tobago. The collectors, their publications, and the deposition of their material are summarised below. Admiral Edmund George Bourke (1843–1924) visited Trinidad in April–May 1902 during the course of his duties in the Royal Navy, and made a collection of butterfl ies. He also visited Tobago and made a small collection of 18 species; the date for this is missing in his collection, but it seems likely it was immediately before, after or during his visit to Trinidad. His collection from around the world is preserved intact in OMNH. George Blundell Longstaff (1849–1921) visited Tobago 3–10 April 1907, spending fi ve days col- lecting around Scarborough and three at Cocoa Wattie Estate near the centre of the island, and recorded 28 species (Longstaff 1908, 1912). Longstaff’s collection is in OMNH. Sir Norman Lamont (1869–1949) was a collector of Trinidad butterfl ies from around 1913, while Sir Gilbert Thomas Carter (1848–1927) was the Administrator of the Government of the Colony of Trinidad and Tobago from 1907–1910. Together, they spent 14–24 August 1917 collecting butterfl ies in Tobago and Lamont (1917) records 28 species, of which 16 are additions to Longstaff’s list. Sir Norman Lamont’s collection is mostly split between the University of the West Indies (St.