Biosystematics of lycaenidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the remnants of Atlantic Rainforest, with emphasis for the Southeastern region of Brazil

• Grant number: 10/14682-8
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: January 01, 2011
• End date: December 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Taxonomy of Recent Groups
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Duarte da Silva
• Grantee: Marcelo Duarte da Silva
• Host Institution: Museu de Zoologia (MZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Despite the vast richness of species, there is an inherent difficulty in obtaining good local inventories for the family Lycaenidae due to the rarity of most of its species, which results both in a slow increase of species richness inventories and in low representation in collections. There are no foreign and national collections with representation of all species expected for the remnants of Atlantic rainforest. Therefore, several collections need to be studied to have a precise idea of the species richness of the lycaenids found in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest. Our goal is to fill gaps (especially with systematic samplings) that are known to still exist on the fauna of many localities in Brazil. This project also aims at a better systematic and evolutive understanding of these butterflies, giving continuity to the studies that Drs Marcelo Duarte (MZUSP) and Robert K. Robbins (NMNH), in fruitful collaboration, have been developing with the butterfly family in question. It should be emphasized that the development of projects pursued with the lycaenids represents an important opportunity to create an interdisciplinary group in Brazil to broaden the knowledge about the neotropical species. Systematic revisions of groups with recognized difficulty of identification will be encouraged throughout this project with undergraduate and graduate students. (AU)

Scientific publications

(11)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

VARGAS, HECTOR A.; DUARTE, MARCELO. First host plant record for Strymon davara (Hewitson) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in the highly human-modified coastal valleys of the Atacama Desert. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 60, n. 4, p. 352-355, OCT-DEC 2016. (10/14682-8)

MARTINS, ANANDA REGINA P.; FAYNEL, CHRISTOPHE; ROBBINS, ROBERT K.. VARIATION OF MALE SECONDARY SEXUAL STRUCTURES AND THE TAXONOMY OF THERITAS LISUS AND RELATIVES (LEPIDOPTERA, LYCAENIDAE, EUMAEINI). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, v. 118, n. 4, p. 555-573, OCT 2016. (10/14682-8, 12/03854-8, 11/50225-3, 13/00952-1)

ROBBINS, ROBERT K.; MARTINS, ANANDA REGINA P.; BUSBY, ROBERT C.; DUARTE, MARCELO. Loss of male secondary sexual structures in allopatry in the Neotropical butterfly genus Arcas (Lycaenidae: Iheclinae: Eumaeini). Insect Systematics and Evolution, v. 43, n. 1, p. 35-65, 2012. (10/14682-8, 03/13985-3, 11/50225-3)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; DUARTE, MARCELO. Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY, v. 170, n. 2, p. 362-399, FEB 2014. (10/14682-8, 11/50225-3, 06/05365-3)

PIRES, A. C. V.; BEIRAO, M. V.; FERNANDES, G. W.; OLIVEIRA, I. F.; PEREIRA, G. C. N.; SILVA, V. D.; MIELKE, O. H. H.; DUARTE, M.. Checklist of butterflies from the rupestrian grasslands of Serra do Cipo, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). SHILAP-REVISTA DE LEPIDOPTEROLOGIA, v. 46, n. 181, p. 5-17, MAR 2018. (10/14682-8)

MARTINS, ANANDA REGINA P.; DUARTE, MARCELO; ROBBINS, ROBERT K.. Phylogenetic Classification of the Atlides Section of the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Zootaxa, v. 4563, n. 1, p. 119-134, FEB 28 2019. (13/00952-1, 12/03854-8, 11/50225-3, 10/14682-8)

PINHEIRO, LIVIA R.; CERDA, JEAN-AIME; DUARTE, MARCELO. Description of five new species of Heliura Butler (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Ctenuchina), with discussion on H-pierus (Cramer) and the H-stolli (Rothschild) species group. CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, v. 148, n. 4, p. 396-415, AUG 2016. (12/02444-0, 10/14682-8, 09/11159-5, 11/50225-3)

VARGAS, HECTOR A.; VARGAS-ORTIZ, MARCELO; BOBADILLA, DANTE; DUARTE, MARCELO; HUANCA-MAMANI, WILSON. LARVAL POLYCHROMATISM IN THE NEOTROPICAL HAIRSTREAK STRYMON BUBASTUS (STOLL) (LYCAENIDAE, THECLINAE, EUMAEINI) ASSOCIATED WITH TWO NEWLY DOCUMENTED HOST PLANTS IN THE ATACAMA DESERT. JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY, v. 70, n. 2, p. 153-158, JUN 16 2016. (10/14682-8)

SILVA, NEUZA A. P.; DUARTE, MARCELO; ARAUJO, ELIEZER B.; MORAIS, HELENA C.. Larval Biology of Anthophagous Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Theclinae) in the Cerrado of Central Brazil. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, v. 14, JAN 1 2014. (10/14682-8, 11/50225-3)

PEREIRA MARTINS, ANANDA REGINA; DUARTE, MARCELO; ROBBINS, ROBERT K.. Hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) and evolution of their male secondary sexual organs. CLADISTICS, v. 35, n. 2, p. 173-197, APR 2019. (10/14682-8, 12/03854-8, 11/50225-3, 13/00952-1)

CHIQUETTO-MACHADO, PEDRO I.; AMORIM, FELIPE W.; DUARTE, MARCELO. Long-term stability of the hawkmoth fauna (Lepidoptera, Sphingidae) in a protected area of Brazilian Atlantic Rain Forest. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION, v. 22, n. 2, p. 277-286, APR 2018. (12/12087-0, 11/50225-3, 10/14682-8)