Biogeographic and diversification patterns of the butterflies from Highlands of Southeastern Brazil

• Grant number: 15/24663-4
• Support type: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Effective date (Start): May 01, 2016
• Effective date (End): September 14, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Ecology
• Principal researcher: Karina Lucas da Silva-Brandão
• Grantee: Luiza de Moraes Magaldi
• Home Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 12/16266-7 - Population genomics: a new approach for studies of speciation in insects due to host use applied to the development of sustainable strategies of IPM, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/11591-3 - Biogeographic and Genomic Analysis of Atlantic Montane Butterflies: Actinote e Pampasatyrus, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

The montane regions are very suitable environments to study biogeographic patterns and ecological speciation due to the altitudinal variations that alter the environmental conditions. Most studies done on montane biogeography in the Neotropics is focused on the Andean region and little has been studied about biogeography and diversification in the mountains of southeastern Brazil. In this project, Nymphalidae butterflies are proposed as models for the study of biogeography of the mountainous regions of southeastern Brazil. Two genus in particular - Actinote and Pampasatyrus - are associated with mountainous regions of southeastern Brazil and are suitable for this study. Two biogeographic approaches are proposed to determine whether Pleistocene's climate fluctuation affected the distribution and diversification of existing species of this genus. The first approach will use dated phylogenies from the two genus for the study of biogeography processes. The second is a phylogeographical approach, using SNPs markers obtained from GBS (genotyping-by-sequencing) for three species: two Actinote - A. allalia and A. pellenea - and Pampasatyrus glaucope species. Bringing these data, we can compare the biogeographic patterns of butterflies inhabit two types of vegetation that occur at high altitudes in the Atlantic Forest: Rain Forest (Actinote) and the Paramos (Pampasatyrus).

Scientific publications

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(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)

FREITAS, A. V. L.; FRANCINI, R. B.; MIELKE, O. H. H.; ROSA, A. H. B.; MAGALDI, L. M.; SILVA-BRANDAO, K. L.. A New and Rare Actinote Hubner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) from Southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, v. 49, n. 5, p. 696-703, OCT 2020. (11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 13/50297-0)

MAGALDI, LUIZA MORAES; KAMINSKI, LUCAS AUGUSTO; SERAPHIM, NOEMY; AZEREDO-ESPIN, ANA MARIA; SILVA-BRANDA, KARINA LUCAS; FREITAS, ANDRE VICTOR LUCCI. Hidden in the wing dots: Disentangling mimetic sister species of butterflies (Riodinidae: Stalachtis) with an integrative approach. ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER, v. 294, p. 92-99, SEP 2021. (11/50225-3, 12/16266-7, 12/50260-6, 13/50297-0, 15/24663-4, 10/51340-8)

FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.. A NEW SUBSPECIES OF OLERIA GUNILLA (NYMPHALIDAE: DANAINAE) FROM NORTH MATO GROSSO, BRAZIL. JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY, v. 70, n. 4, p. 295-301, DEC 2 2016. (15/24663-4)

SHIRAI, LEILA T.; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; GREVE, ROBERTO R.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; NASCIMENTO, ANDRE R.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Natural History of Selenophanes cassiope guarany (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini): an Integrative Approach, From Molecules to Ecology. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, v. 110, n. 2, p. 145-159, MAR 2017. (13/50297-0, 15/17046-9, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 12/03750-8, 12/50260-6, 14/23504-7)

MORAES, SIMEAO DE SOUZA; MURILLO-RAMOS, LEIDYS; MACHADO, PATRICIA A.; GHANAVI, HAMID R.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; KATO, MASSUO J.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; WAHLBERG, NIKLAS. A double-edged sword: Unrecognized cryptic diversity and taxonomic impediment in Eois (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 50, n. 5, p. 633-646, SEP 2021. (15/24663-4, 12/50260-6, 13/50297-0, 15/17047-5, 16/20196-5, 11/50225-3)

SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; CIRINO, MARIANA; MAGALDI, LUIZA DE MORAES; GUERATTO, PATRICIA EYNG; MATTOS, RICARDO GABRIEL; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. ubspecies limits and hidden Wolbachia diversity in Actinote pellenea butterflie. SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY, v. 19, n. 8, AUG 2021. (12/16266-7, 13/50297-0, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 18/19171-3, 12/50260-6)