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| Author(s): |
Sabrina Campos Thiele
[1]
;
Oscar Milcharek
;
Fábio Luis dos Santos
[3]
;
Lucas Augusto Kaminski
[3]
Total Authors: 4
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Dept Zool, PPG Biol Anim, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil
[2] Universidade Federal do Paraná. Departamento de Zoologia - Brasil
[3] Univ Estadual Campinas, UNICAMP, Dept Biol Anim, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 3
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Biota Neotropica; v. 14, n. 2 2014-04-30. |
| Abstract | |
This paper presents a list of species of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) sampled in Porto Mauá municipality (27°34’S, 28°40’W), Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. Sampling was carried out monthly between March 2008 and March 2009. After 204 net-hours of sampling effort, a total of 1,993 individuals from 253 species were recorded. With a single additional expedition, eight new species were added, reaching a total of 261 species recorded in the region of Porto Mauá. These new reports and the species accumulation curves may indicate a much richer fauna. The distribution of richness among butterfly families is compared with other inventories in seasonal semi-deciduous forest areas in the Atlantic Forest. We also discuss the importance of riparian forests of the Uruguay River as an ecological corridor that enables the maintenance of the butterfly fauna on the southern edge of the Upper Paraná Atlantic Forest Ecoregion. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/51340-8 - Symbiotic interactions between butterfly larvae and ants: natural history, morphology and patterns in host plants use |
| Grantee: | Lucas Augusto Kaminski |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/50225-3 - Natural history, phylogeny and conservation of Neotropical Lepidoptera |
| Grantee: | André Victor Lucci Freitas |
| Support Opportunities: | BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants |