Marked Differences in Butterfly Assemblage Composition between Forest Types in Central Amazonia, Brazil

Autor(es)

Oliveira, Isabela Freitas ^{[1, 2]} ; Baccaro, Fabricio Beggiato ^[3] ; Werneck, Fernanda P. ^[4] ; Zacca, Thamara ^[5] ; Haugaasen, Torbjorn ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Amazonia INPA, Programa Posgrad Ecol, Av Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69067375 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[2] Norwegian Univ Life Sci, Fac Environm Sci & Nat Resource Management, POB 5003, N-1432 As - Norway

^[3] Univ Fed Amazonas UFAM, Dept Biol, Av Gen Rodrigo Octavio 6200, BR-69080900 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[4] Inst Nacl Pesquisas Amazonia INPA, Coordenacao Biodiversidade, Programa Colecoes Cient Biol, Av Andre Araujo 2936, BR-69067375 Manaus, Amazonas - Brazil

^[5] Museu Nacl UFRJ, Dept Entomol, Rua Gen Herculano Gomes, BR-20941360 Rio De Janeiro - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: FORESTS; v. 12, n. 7 JUL 2021.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

Amazonia comprises a mosaic of contrasting habitats, with wide environmental heterogeneity at local and regional scales. In central Amazonia, upland forest (terra firme) is the predominant forest type and seasonally flooded forests inundated by white- and black-water rivers (varzea and igapo, respectively) represent around 20% of the forested areas. In this work, we took advantage of a natural spatial arrangement of the main vegetation types in central Amazonia to investigate butterfly assemblage structure in terra firme, varzea and igapo forests at the local scale. We sampled in the low- and high-water seasons, combining active and passive sampling with traps placed in both the understory and canopy. Terra firme supported the highest number of butterfly species, whereas varzea forest provided the highest number of butterfly captures. The high species richness in terra firme may reflect that this forest type is floristically richer than varzea and igapo. Varzea is a very productive environment and may thus support a higher number of butterfly individuals than terra firme and igapo. Most butterfly species (80.2%) were unique to a single forest type and 17 can be considered forest type indicator species in this landscape. Floodplain forest environments are therefore an important complement to terra firme in terms of butterfly species richness and conservation in Amazonia. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 17/02264-6 - Morfologia comparativa e evolutiva dos órgãos odoríferos alares em Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
• Beneficiário: Thamara Zacca Bispo Taumaturgo
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado