Borboletas (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea) da porção norte da Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brasil

Abstract

Abstract:The knowledge of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) diversity in Caatinga biome is incipient when compared to the others Brazilian's biomes. Areas considered as priorities for biodiversity conservation in the Caatinga still remain with poor knowledge about their lepidopteran fauna diversity such as the Chapada Diamantina. A study of the diversity of butterflies supported by Programa de Pesquisa em Biodiversidade to the Semiarid region (PPBio) was carried out in two areas considered as priorities for biodiversity conservation in the Caatinga from Bahia State, Morro do Chapéu and Senhor do Bonfim located in the northern portion of the Chapada Diamantina. The samples were realized in dry seasons. A total of 169 species was identified and two of them are new species. Nymphalidae was richest among others butterflies families with 82 species. Two species were registered as endemic to Caatinga.

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) of the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage Fazenda Lontra/Saudade, Itanagra, Northern Coast of Bahia, Brazil

“…Limenitidinae is represented by four species: Adelpha cytherea cytherea (Linnaeus, 1758), also reported in Maceió, Alagoas (Cardoso 1949) and seems to be restricted to the Atlantic Forest biome, while Adelpha cytherea aea (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) to the Semiarid region (Paluch et al 2011, Zacca & Bravo 2012; Adelpha leucates iphicleola Fruhstorfer, 1915 was recently recorded in two areas of Caatinga: Catimbau National Park and the northern portion of the Chapada Diamantina (Nobre et al 2008, Zacca & Bravo 2012. Adelpha melona melona (Hewitson, 1847) and Adelpha plesaure plesaure Hü bner, 1823 are known from the Northeastern Atlantic Forest in Brazil (Cardoso 1949, Kesselring & Ebert 1982, Zacca et al 2011).…”

“…Four species of Papilionidae were recorded, and three of them were already expected for the area, Heraclides anchisiades capys (Hü bner, [1809]), Heraclides thoas brasiliensis (Rothschild & Jordan, 1906) and Battus polydamas polydamas (Linnaeus, 1758) because they are very common and occur throughout the Brazilian coast, Caatinga, and also in the "Brejos de Altitude" (Tyler et al 1994, Nobre et al 2008, Paluch et al 2011, Zacca & Bravo 2012. Parides zacynthus (Fabricius, 1793) has been considered restricted to the coastal plains, including ''restingas'' and lowland forests areas (Tyler et al 1994).…”

“…Danaini (Danainae) is represented by two widespread species, previously mentioned for Bahia by Zacca et al (2011) in the Atlantic Forest and Zacca & Bravo (2012), Lima & Zacca (2014) in the biome Caatinga. Ithomiini (Danainae) is represented by 7 species, same number recorded by Kesselring & Ebert (1982), and includes common species which may be found throughout the year, for example, Mechanitis lysimnia nesaea Hü bner, [1820] and Mechanitis polymnia casabranca Haensch, 1905.…”

“…Anartia amathea amathea (Linnaeus, 1758) (Kallimini) generally restricted in rainforests of Northeastern region (Cardoso 1949;Kesselring & Ebert 1982;Paluch et al 2011), while Anartia jatrophae jatrophae (Linnaeus, 1763) is common in dry Caatinga, and also humid Atlantic Forest (Nobre et al 2008;Zacca 2009;Zacca et al 2011;Zacca & Bravo 2012).…”

“…However, important areas of the biome Caatinga have been studied in the last years, mainly in Pernambuco (PE) and Bahia (BA). The Catimbau National Park (PE) (Nobre et al 2008); the Ecological Park João Vasconcelos Sobrinho (PE), "Brejo de Altitude" enclave of Atlantic Forest inserted in the semi-arid (Paluch et al 2011); northern portion of the ''Chapada Diamantina'' (BA) (Zacca & Bravo 2012) and the ''Serra da Fumac¸a'' (BA) (Lima & Zacca 2014), together represent a significant inventory of butterflies for the Brazilian semi-arid region.…”