Lost and Found: Taxonomic Notes on Some Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from JF Zikan found on F. Dissmann's Collection

Author(s)

Siewert, Ricardo Russo ; Batista Rosa, Augusto Henrique ; Lamas, Gerardo ; Lucci Freitas, Andre Victor

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Neotropical Entomology; v. 52, n. 1, p. 4-pg., 2022-12-02.

Abstract

J. F. Zikan described several new taxa of butterflies from the Neotropical region. The majority of the butterfly types of J. F. Zikan was deposited at the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (IOC). However, some type series were found to be incomplete. The present paper discusses and illustrate some type specimens of Papilionidae and Nymphalidae from J. F. Zikan found in Dissmann's collection, that now is deposited at Museu de Diversidade Biologica from University of Campinas - UNICAMP, Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil (ZUEC). (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 21/03868-8 - Evolutionary mechanisms that shape diversity and distribution in a tropical biodiversity hotspot
• Grantee: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/09595-0 - Patterns of morphological evolution of the secondary sexual characters in butterflies of the subfamily Pyrginae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Grantee: Ricardo Russo Siewert
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral