Butterfilies as environmental indicators: monitoring with Nymphalidae (Eurytelinae and Satyrinae)

• Grant number: 00/01484-1
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: May 01, 2000
• End date: September 30, 2004
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Zoology
• Principal Investigator: Keith Spalding Brown Junior
• Grantee: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 98/05101-8 - Lepidoptera of the State of São Paulo: diversity, distribution, resources, and use for analysis and environmental monitoring, AP.BTA.TEM

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)

RONALDO BASTOS FRANCINI; MARCELO DUARTE; OLAF HERMANN HENDRIK MIELKE; ASTRID CALDAS; ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI FREITAS. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the "Baixada Santista" region, coastal São Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 55, n. 1, p. 55-68, 2011-03-00. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; KAMINSKI, LUCAS A.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Immature stages of the butterfly Diaethria clymena janeira (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae). Zoologia, v. 27, n. 5, p. 696-702, OCT 2010. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

PENA, CARLOS; NYLIN, SOEREN; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; WAHLBERG, NIKLAS. Biogeographic history of the butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA, v. 39, n. 3, p. 243-258, MAY 2010. (00/01484-1)

RIBEIRO, DANILO B.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. The effect of reduced-impact logging on fruit-feeding butterflies in Central Amazon, Brazil. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION, v. 16, n. 5, p. 733-744, OCT 2012. (00/01484-1)

BAECHTOLD, ALEXANDRA; DEL-CLARO, KLEBER; KAMINSKI, LUCAS A.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Natural history of an ant-plant-butterfly interaction in a Neotropical savanna. Journal of Natural History, v. 46, n. 15-16, p. 943-954, 2012. (98/05101-8, 11/50225-3, 00/01484-1)

RAIMUNDO, RAFAEL L. G.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Seasonal Patterns in Activity Rhythm and Foraging Ecology in the Neotropical Forest-Dwelling Ant, Odontomachus chelifer (Formicidae: Ponerinae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America, v. 102, n. 6, p. 1151-1157, NOV 2009. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; LYRA, MARIANA L.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Barcoding Lepidoptera: Current Situation and Perspectives on the Usefulness of a Contentious Technique. Neotropical Entomology, v. 38, n. 4, p. 441-451, JUL-AUG 2009. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

UEHARA-PRADO, MARCIO; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; FRANCIN, RONALDO BASTOS; BROWN JR, KEITH SPALDING. Guia das borboletas frugívoras da Reserva Estadual do Morro Grande e região de Caucaia do Alto, Cotia (São Paulo). Biota Neotropica, v. 4, n. 1, p. 0-0, 2004. (98/05101-8, 00/14717-4, 99/05123-4, 00/01484-1)

BROWN JUNIOR, KEITH S.; FREITAS, ANDRE VICTOR L.. Atlantic Forest butterflies: indicators for landscape conservation. Biotropica, v. 32, n. 4B, p. 934-956, 2000. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

ELIAS, M.; JORON, M.; WILLMOTT, K.; SILVA-BRANDAO, K. L.; KAISER, V.; ARIAS, C. F.; PINEREZ, L. M. GOMEZ; URIBE, S.; BROWER, A. V. Z.; FREITAS, A. V. L.; et al. Out of the Andes: patterns of diversification in clearwing butterflies. Molecular Ecology, v. 18, n. 8, p. 1716-1729, Apr. 2009. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

LEWINSOHN, THOMAS M.; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; PRADO, PAULO INÁCIO. Conservation of terrestrial invertebrates and their habitats in Brazil. Conservation Biology, v. 19, n. 3, p. 640-645, June 2005. (02/08558-6, 98/05085-2, 98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

SILVA-BRANDÃO, KARINA LUCAS; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; BROWER, ANDREW V. Z.; SOLFERINI, VERA NISAKA. Phylogenetic relationships of the New World Troidini swallowtails (Lepidoptera : Papilionidae) based on COI, COII, and EF-1 alpha genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, v. 36, n. 3, p. 468-483, Sept. 2005. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

SCHULZ, STEFAN; BECCALONI, GEORGE; BROWN JUNIOR, KEITH S.; BOPPRÉ, MICHAEL; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; OCKENFELS, PETER; TRIGO, JOSÉ ROBERTO. Semiochemicals derived from pyrrolizidine alkaloids in male ithomiine butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Ithomiinae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, v. 32, n. 8, p. 699-713, Aug. 2004. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

JORGE, LEONARDO R.; CORDEIRO-ESTRELA, PEDRO; KLACZKO, LOUIS B.; MOREIRA, GILSON R. P.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Host-plant dependent wing phenotypic variation in the neotropical butterfly Heliconius erato. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 102, n. 4, p. 765-774, APR 2011. (00/01484-1)

FREITAS, A. V. L.; MIELKE, O. H. H.; MOSER, A.; SILVA-BRANDAO, K. L.; ISERHARD, C. A.. A new genus and species of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from southern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, v. 40, n. 2, p. 231-237, MAR-APR 2011. (00/01484-1, 98/05101-8)

WILLMOTT, KEITH R.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; HALL, JASON P. W.; SILVA-BRANDAO, KARINA L.; PALUCH, MARLON. A NEW SPECIES OF ACTINOTE HUBNER FROM THE EASTERN ANDES OF ECUADOR (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE: HELICONIINAE). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, v. 111, n. 1, p. 47-56, JAN 2009. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

UEHARA-PRADO, MARCIO; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. The effect of rainforest fragmentation on species diversity and mimicry ring composition of ithomiine butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity, v. 2, n. 1, p. 23-28, FEB 2009. (98/05101-8, 99/05123-4, 00/01484-1, 00/14717-4)

RIBEIRO, DANILO BANDINI; PRADO, PAULO I.; BROWN, JR., KEITH S.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Additive partitioning of butterfly diversity in a fragmented landscape: importance of scale and implications for conservation. DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS, v. 14, n. 6, p. 961-968, NOV 2008. (03/11697-0, 98/05101-8, 02/08558-6, 00/01484-1)

DUTRA‚ HP; FREITAS‚ AVL; OLIVEIRA‚ PS. Dual ant attraction in the Neotropical shrub Urera baccifera (Urticaceae): the role of ant visitation to pearl bodies and fruits in herbivore deterrence and leaf longevity. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY, v. 20, n. 2, p. 252-260, 2006. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

ANDRÉ V.L. FREITAS. A new species of Moneuptychia Forster (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae, Euptychiina) from the highlands of Southeastern Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, v. 36, n. 6, p. 919-925, 2007-12-00. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI FREITAS. Impactos potenciais das mudanças propostas no Código Florestal Brasileiro sobre as borboletas. Biota Neotropica, v. 10, n. 4, p. 53-57, 2010-12-00. (00/01484-1, 98/05101-8)

FREITAS‚ A.V.L.; PEÑA‚ C.. Description of genus Guaianaza for" Euptychia" pronophila (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with a description of the immature stages. Zootaxa, v. 1163, p. 49-59, 2006. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

BROWN JR‚ S.; VICTOR LUCCI FREITAS‚ A.; WAHLBERG‚ N.; VON SCHOULTZ‚ B.; O SAURA‚ A.; SAURA‚ A.; OTHERS. Chromosomal evolution in the South American nymphalidae. Hereditas, v. 144, n. 4, p. 137-148, 2007. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

BROWER‚ A. V. Z.; FREITAS‚ A. V. L.; LEE‚ M. M.; SILVA-BRANDÃO‚ K. L.; WHINNETT‚ A.; WILLMOTT‚ K. R.. Phylogenetic relationships among the Ithomiini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) inferred from one mitochondrial and two nuclear gene regions. Systematic Entomology, v. 31, n. 2, p. 288-301, 2006. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

WILLMOTT‚ K.R.; FREITAS‚ A.V.L.. Higher-level phylogeny of the Ithomiinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): classification‚ patterns of larval hostplant colonization and diversification. CLADISTICS, v. 22, n. 4, p. 297-368, 2006. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

ANDRÉ V.L. FREITAS. Estágios imaturos de Adelpha malea goyama Schaus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Limenitidinae). Neotropical Entomology, v. 35, n. 5, p. 625-628, 2006-10-00. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

PALUCH, MARLON; HENDRIK MIELKE, OLAF HERMANN; BESERRA NOBRE, CARLOS EDUARDO; CASAGRANDE, MIRNA MARTINS; ALVES MELO, DOUGLAS HENRIQUE; LUCCI FREITASS, ANDRE VICTOR. Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the Parque Ecologic Joao Vasconcelos Sobrinho, Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil. Biota Neotropica, v. 11, n. 4, p. 229-238, OCT-DEC 2011. (00/01484-1)

MORAES, ALICE R.; GREENEY, HAROLD F.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.; BARBOSA, EDUARDO P.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Morphology and behavior of the early stages of the skipper, Urbanus esmeraldus, on Urera baccifera, an ant-visited host plant. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE, v. 12, APR 12 2012. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; BROWN JUNIOR, KEITH. Phylogeny of the Nymphalidae (Lepidoptera). Systematic Biology, v. 53, n. 3, p. 363-383, 2004. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

FRANCINI, RONALDO BASTOS; FREITAS, ANDRÉ VICTOR LUCCI; PENZ, CARLA. Two new species of Actinote (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Southeastern Brazil. Zootaxa, v. 719, p. 1-10, 2004. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

RODRIGUES, DANIELA; KAMINSKI, LUCAS A.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Trade-offs underlying polyphagy in a facultative ant-tended florivorous butterfly: the role of host plant quality and enemy-free space. Oecologia, v. 163, n. 3, p. 719-728, JUL 2010. (00/01484-1, 07/07802-4)

KAMINSKI, LUCAS A.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; OLIVEIRA, PAULO S.. Interaction between Mutualisms: Ant-Tended Butterflies Exploit Enemy-Free Space Provided by Ant-Treehopper Associations. American Naturalist, v. 176, n. 3, p. 322-334, SEP 2010. (00/01484-1, 98/05101-8)

BROWN, JR., KEITH S.; FREITAS, ANDRE VICTOR L.. Butterfly communities of urban forest fragments in Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil: Structure, instability, environmental correlates, and conservation. JOURNAL OF INSECT CONSERVATION, v. 6, n. 4, p. 217-231, DEC 2002. (00/01484-1, 98/05101-8)

RIBEIRO, DANILO B.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Large-sized insects show stronger seasonality than small-sized ones: a case study of fruit-feeding butterflies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, v. 104, n. 4, p. 820-827, DEC 2011. (03/11697-0, 98/05101-8, 02/08558-6, 00/01484-1)

FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; EMERY, EDUARDO O.; MIELKE, OLAF H. H.. A new species of Moneuptychia Forster (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) from central Brazil. Neotropical Entomology, v. 39, n. 1, p. 83-90, JAN-FEB 2010. (00/01484-1)

FRANCINI, RONALDO BASTOS; DUARTE, MARCELO; HENDRIK MIELKE, OLAF HERMANN; CALDAS, ASTRID; LUCCI FREITAS, ANDRE VICTOR. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the ``Baixada Santista{''} region, coastal Sao Paulo, southeastern Brazil. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, v. 55, n. 1, p. 55-68, JAN-MAR 2011. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

MARIANA J MAGRINI; ANDRÉ V. L FREITAS; MARCIO UEHARA-PRADO. The effects of four types of anthropogenic disturbances on composition and abundance of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Zoologia, v. 28, n. 1, p. 63-71, 2011-02-00. (00/01484-1)

MARIN, M. A.; PENA, C.; FREITAS, A. V. L.; WAHLBERG, N.; URIBE, S. I.. From the Phylogeny of the Satyrinae Butterflies to the Systematics of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): History, Progress and Prospects. Neotropical Entomology, v. 40, n. 1, p. 1-13, JAN-FEB 2011. (00/01484-1)

RIBEIRO, DANILO BANDINI; PRADO, PAULO I.; BROWN, JR., KEITH S.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.. Temporal Diversity Patterns and Phenology in Fruit-feeding Butterflies in the Atlantic Forest. Biotropica, v. 42, n. 6, p. 710-716, NOV 2010. (03/11697-0, 98/05101-8, 02/08558-6, 00/01484-1)

SILVA-BRANDÃO‚ KL; AZEREDO-ESPIN‚ AML; FREITAS‚ AVL. New evidence on the systematic and phylogenetic position of Parides burchellanus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). MOLECULAR ECOLOGY RESOURCES, v. 8, n. 3, p. 502-511, 2008. (98/05101-8, 00/01484-1)

COGNI‚ R.; FREITAS‚ A. V. L.; OLIVEIRA‚ P. S.. Interhabitat differences in ant activity on plant foliage: ants at extrafloral nectaries of Hibiscus pernambucensis in sandy and mangrove forests. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, v. 107, n. 2, p. 125-131, May 2003. (00/01484-1)

MAGRINI, MARIANA J.; FREITAS, ANDRE V. L.; UEHARA-PRADO, MARCIO. The effects of four types of anthropogenic disturbances on composition and abundance of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). ZOOLOGIA, v. 28, n. 1, p. 9-pg., 2011-02-01. (00/01484-1)