Lepidopterofauna (Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea) do Parque Estadual do Chandless e arredores, Acre, Brasil

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of the Parque Estadual do Chandless and surroundings, Acre, Brazil. Biota Neotrop. 10(4): http://www. biotaneotropica.org.br/v10n4/en/abstract?inventory+bn03210042010.Abstract: Given the absence of Lepidoptera inventories in the State of Acre and its scarcity in the Brazilian Amazon forest, this study aimed to list the species of Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea present in the Parque Estadual do Chandless and surroundings. The access to the region is complicated and it has no infrastructure for scientific research. During 14 days, the butterflies were collected with entomological nets, traps and Ahrenholz's technique in different environments in the park and its surroundings. A total of 482 species were identified, none of them present in red lists of endangered species. It is expected a significantly greater number of species after the addition of new collections in other seasons, as the Jacknife 1 estimate does not reach its asymptote, or as compared to inventories in nearby areas that list nearly 1700 species after a greater sampling effort.

Fruit-feeding butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) of the Área de Proteção Especial Manancial Mutuca, Nova Lima and Species list for the Region of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

“…The Cerrado is considered a global hotspot for being an area with high rate of endemism and less than 30% of remnant vegetation (Myers et al 2000), and the conservation of its biodiversity should be considered a priority in Brazil. Inventories are important for filling gaps in our knowledge of local biodiversity, assisting in the identification of endemism and generating subsidies for conservation (Lewinsohn et al, 2005, Mielke et al, 2010, Ritter et al 2011.…”

Butterflies of Amazon and Cerrado remnants of Maranhão, Northeast Brazil

“…It is known that species richness is strongly dependent on sampling effort, partially explaining the lowest richness in our short-term survey when compared to our expeditions and long-term surveys. The influence of sampling effort on species richness is also observed when we compare our total richness (189 species) to intensively sampled areas in the Amazon, such as Rondônia (843) (Emmel & Austin 1990), Parque Nacional del Manu, in Peru (1,300) (Robbins et al 1996) and Parque Estadual do Chandless, Acre (482) (Mielke et al 2010), and Cerrado sites, such as Distrito Federal (504) (Emery et al 2006). Comparing our results with those from other biomes, such as the Atlantic forest, one of the most well inventoried biomes regarding butterflies in Brazil (Santos et al 2008), we observe higher richness in several sites of the later, which shelter from 218 to 914 species (Brown Jr & Freitas 2000, Francini et al 2011).…”

Os Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea) da RPPN Klagesi, Santo Antônio do Tauá, Pará, Brasil: nova contribuição para o conhecimento da biodiversidade da área de endemismo Belém

“…Em contrapartida, observa-se nas localidades peruanas um intenso esforço amostral realizado durante mais de um ano de coleta em cada um dos estudos. A ausência de inventários no Brasil para três áreas de endemismo brasileiras (Xingu, Napo e Imeri) se deve ainda às restrições de acesso a tais localidades, além da falta de incentivos e infra-estrutura local ao pesquisador (Mielke et al 2011).…”