Comparative and evolutionary morphology of wing scent organs in Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

• Grant number: 17/02264-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: June 01, 2017
• End date: December 10, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology - Morphology of Recent Groups
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Grantee: Thamara Zacca Bispo Taumaturgo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/14735-9 - Comparative morphology and evolution of the male secondary sexual organs in Neotropical Satyrinae butterflies, BE.EP.PD

Abstract

Scales (or macrotrichia) in Lepidoptera are cuticular projections with variable functions, such as impermeability, aid in aerodynamics during flight and visual or chemical sexual communication. The scales responsible to chemical sexual communication are named as "scent organs". Scent organs can be located in many parts of the lepidopterous body, being mostly common on wings. In Brazil, few studies have been developed focusing on macro and ultrastructural morphologies of the scent organs in butterflies and, until the moment, with no phylogenetic approach. The purpose of the present project is to perform the first morphological comparative study among wing scent organs of Satyrinae in an evolutionary context, mainly focusing in Brazilian species, in addition to investigate, from macro and ultrastructural evidence, homology between such structures, as well as its taxonomic value for delimitation of genera and species. The results obtained from the present study are expected to provide subsidies for a better comprehension of the internal relationships in Satyrinae. (AU)

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, ANDRE V. L.; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; ZACCA, THAMARA; MARIN, MARIO ALEJANDRO; BEIRAO, V, MARINA; SILVA, ANDRE R. M.; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.. Before it is too late: description of a new genus and species of butterfly from a highly threatened Brazilian biome. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 62, n. 2, p. 148-158, APR-JUN 2018. (14/16481-0, 12/50260-6, 16/15873-8, 11/50225-3, 17/02264-6, 13/50297-0)

ZACCA, THAMARA; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; MIELKE, OLAF H. H.; HUERTAS, BLANCA; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; MARIN, MARIO A.; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.. A new euptychiine butterfly species from south Brazil and taxonomic rearrangements for Taydebis Freitas, 2013 and Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, v. 5023, n. 4, p. 555-570, AUG 20 2021. (17/02264-6, 11/50225-3, 12/50260-6, 18/11910-1, 19/14735-9)

ESPELAND, MARIANNE; NAKAHARA, SHINICHI; ZACCA, THAMARA; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; HUERTAS, BLANCA; MARIN, MARIO A.; LAMAS, GERARDO; BENMESBAH, MOHAMED; BREVIGNON, CHRISTIAN; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; et al. Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Systematic Entomology, v. 48, n. 4, p. 73-pg., 2023-04-10. (17/02264-6, 18/21432-0, 21/03868-8, 11/50225-3, 13/50297-0, 16/15873-8, 19/14735-9, 12/50260-6, 14/16481-0)

NAKAHARA, SHINICHI; ZACCA, THAMARA; DIAS, FERNANDO M. S.; DOLIBAINA, DIEGO R.; XIAO, LEI; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; MIELKE, OLAF H. H.; LAMAS, GERARDO; HIJERTAS, BLANCA; et al. Revision of the poorly known Neotropical butterfly genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), with descriptions of nine new species. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF TAXONOMY, v. 551, p. 1-67, SEP 13 2019. (17/02264-6)

BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; AGUIAR, TAMARA M. C.; ROSA, AUGUSTO H. B.; ZACCA, THAMARA; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. A new species of butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the highlands of Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 4819, n. 1, p. 128-142, JUL 22 2020. (17/02264-6, 11/50225-3, 12/50260-6, 13/50297-0)

ANDRÉ V.L. FREITAS; LUÍSA L. MOTA; THAMARA ZACCA; EDUARDO P. BARBOSA. Description of a new and highly distinctive genus and species of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Brazilian southern Amazon. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 63, n. 3, p. 254-261, 2019-09-05. (16/15873-8, 11/50225-3, 17/02264-6, 13/50297-0)

ZACCA, THAMARA; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; MIELKE, OLAF H. H.; HUERTAS, BLANCA; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.; NAKAHARA, SHINICHI; LAMAS, GERARDO. Revalidation of Vareuotychia Forster, 1964, description of Vanima gen. nov., and notes on Euptychia cleophes Godman & Saivin, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa, v. 4858, n. 1, p. 1-34, SEP 29 2020. (17/02264-6, 12/50260-6, 11/50225-3, 19/14735-9)

ZACCA, THAMARA; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; MIELKE, OLAF. H. H.; HUERTAS, BLANCA; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; MAGALDI, LUIZA M.; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; NAKAHARA, SHINICHI; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.. Systematics of the butterfly genus Cissia Doubleday, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) using an integrative approach. ARTHROPOD SYSTEMATICS & PHYLOGENY, v. 76, n. 2, p. 349-376, 2018. (11/50225-3, 13/50297-0, 17/02264-6, 12/50260-6, 16/15873-8)

OLIVEIRA, ISABELA FREITAS; BACCARO, FABRICIO BEGGIATO; WERNECK, FERNANDA P.; ZACCA, THAMARA; HAUGAASEN, TORBJORN. Marked Differences in Butterfly Assemblage Composition between Forest Types in Central Amazonia, Brazil. FORESTS, v. 12, n. 7, JUL 2021. (17/02264-6)

FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; ZACCA, THAMARA; MARIN, MARIO ALEJANDRO; BEIRAO, MARINA, V; SILVA, ANDRE R. M.; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA M.; ESPELAND, MARIANNE; WILLMOTT, KEITH R.. Before it is too late: description of a new genus and species of butterfly from a highly threatened Brazilian biome. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 62, n. 2, p. 11-pg., 2018-04-01. (17/02264-6, 13/50297-0, 12/50260-6, 14/16481-0, 11/50225-3, 16/15873-8)