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

Grant number: 15/24663-4
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: May 01, 2016
End date: September 14, 2020
Field of knowledge:Biological Sciences - Ecology
Principal Investigator:Karina Lucas da Silva-Brandão
Grantee:Luiza de Moraes Magaldi
Host 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).

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Scientific publications (8)
(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 RareActinoteHubner (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae: Acraeini) from Southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, . (13/50297-0, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4)
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, . (15/24663-4, 15/17047-5, 13/50297-0, 11/50225-3, 16/20196-5, 12/50260-6)
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, . (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, . (12/16266-7, 13/50297-0, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 18/19171-3, 12/50260-6)
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, . (13/50297-0, 15/17046-9, 11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 12/03750-8, 12/50260-6, 14/23504-7)
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, . (15/24663-4)
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, . (11/50225-3, 12/16266-7, 12/50260-6, 13/50297-0, 15/24663-4, 10/51340-8)
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, . (11/50225-3, 15/24663-4, 13/50297-0)
Academic Publications
(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)
MAGALDI, Luiza de Moraes. Diversificação evolutiva das borboletas montanas da Mata Atlântica. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia Campinas, SP.