The Endangered Butterfly Charonias theano (Boisduval) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae): Current Status, Threats and its Rediscovery in the State of Sao Paulo, Southeastern Brazil

Autor(es)

Freitas, A. V. L. ^[1] ; Kaminski, L. A. ^[1] ; Iserhard, C. A. ^[1] ; Barbosa, E. P. ^[1] ; Marini Filho, O. J. ^[2]

Afiliação do(s) autor(es)

^[1] Univ Estadual Campinas, Inst Biol, Dept Biol Anim & Museu Zool, BR-13083970 Campinas, SP - Brazil

^[2] Ctr Pesquisa & Conservacao Cerrado & Caatinga CEC, Inst Chico Mendes Conservacao Biodiversidade, Brasilia, DF - Brazil

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Neotropical Entomology; v. 40, n. 6, p. 669-676, NOV-DEC 2011.
• Citações Web of Science: 6

Resumo

The pierid Charonias theano (Boisduval), an endangered butterfly species, has been rarely observed in nature, and has not been recorded in the state of Sao Paulo in the last 50 years despite numerous efforts to locate extant colonies. Based on museum specimens and personal information, C. theano was known from 26 sites in southeastern and southern Brazil. Recently, an apparently viable population was recorded in a new locality, at Serra do Japi, Jundiai, Sao Paulo, with several individuals observed during two weeks in April, 2011. The existence of this population at Serra do Japi is an important finding, since this site represents one of the few large forested protected areas where the species could potentially persist not only in the state of Sao Paulo, but within its entire historical distribution. (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: 10/51340-8 - Interações simbióticas entre larvas de borboletas e formigas: história natural, morfologia e padrões no uso de plantas hospedeiras
• Beneficiário: Lucas Augusto Kaminski
• Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Pós-Doutorado
• Processo FAPESP: 04/05269-9 - Borboletas da Mata Atlântica: biogeografia e sistemática como ferramentas de conservação de biodiversidade
• Beneficiário: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Jovens Pesquisadores