Immature Stages, Natural History, Systematics and Conservation of an Endangered Neotropical Butterfly: the Case of Scada karschina delicata (Nymphalidae: Ithomiini)

Autor(es)

Freitas, A. V. L. ^{[1, 2]} ; Rosa, A. H. B. ^{[1, 2]} ; Nobre, C. E. B. ^[3] ; Melo, D. H. A. ^[3] ; Mota, L. L. ^{[1, 2]} ; Silva-Brandao, K. L. ^[4] ; Machado, P. A. ^{[1, 2]} ; Carreira, J. Y. O. ^{[1, 2]}

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Museu Zool, Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Pernambuco, Ctr Ciencias Biol, Programa Posgrad Biol Anim, Recife, PE - Brazil

^[4] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, Santo Andre, SP - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Neotropical Entomology; v. 49, n. 5, p. 685-695, OCT 2020.
• Citações Web of Science: 2

Resumo

The endangered butterflyScada karschina delicataTalbot, 1932 (Nymphalidae: Danainae: Ithomiini) is endemic to northeastern Brazil, occurring in very few forest remnants of the `Pernambuco Center of Endemism'. Larvae feed on Solanaceae and are very similar to those of other species in the subtribe Mechanitina, with lateral projections on body, one of the main synapomorphies of this subtribe. Based on molecular data,S. k. delicataclustered together withS. karschina karschina, as a monophyletic group sister to the amazon clade ofS. reckia. Based on all available data,S. k. delicatais known from only five localities of mid- to high-altitude forests (from 500 to 1000 m of altitude) in northeastern Brazil. Grounded on available data, a new assessment of extinction risk is proposed, andS. k. delicatais now considered Vulnerable (VU) taxon. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 11/50225-3 - História natural, filogenia e conservação de lepidópteros neotropicais
• Beneficiário: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Regular
• Processo FAPESP: 13/50297-0 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: integrando disciplinas para a predição da biodiversidade da Floresta Atlântica no Brasil
• Beneficiário: Cristina Yumi Miyaki
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Programa BIOTA - Temático