Butterflies richness (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) from Ilha Grande National Park, Paraná, Brazil

Bertinoti, Giuliano Kaulfuss; Souza, Alex Sandro Barros de; Silva, Lauana Dalo da; Silva, Jean Victor Nery da; Gomes, Patrícia Pereira; Almeida, José Adolfo Mota de; Souza, Marcos Magalhães de

doi:10.22271/j.ento.2020.v8.i5l.7622

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“…It is expected that the species accumulation curve will not reach the asymptote in studies with insects, even when small areas are sampled, because this group is extremely diverse (BEUTEL et al, 2017). The Jackknife 1 richness estimator showed that the sample included 70.03% of the butterfly species occurring in the Environmental Protection Area; this result is in line with previous studies assessing forest regions, which found sampling efficiencies greater than 60% by using the same estimator as that used here (BORDIN et al, 2019;MELO et al, 2019;GUERATTO et al, 2020;BERTINOTI et al, 2020;VIEIRA et al, 2020;ARAÚJO et al, 2021).…”

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“…The richness of butterfly species in the Atlantic Forest region of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area was higher than that observed in some studies (RITTER et al, 2011;BORDIN et al, 2019;BERTINOTI et al, 2020;SILVA et al, 2020) and lower than that reported in others (BONFANTTI et al, 2011;BELLAVER et al, 2012;VIEIRA et al, 2020). Nevertheless, results were within the expected range for forest regions in Brazil, given the differences in the size of experimental sites, sampling methods and efforts between studies.…”

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Communities of Lepidoptera along an elevational gradient in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

Vieira

Henriques

Souza

2022

SHILAP Revta. lepid.

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The diversity and composition of Lepidoptera communities vary along an elevational gradient, with richness and abundance generally decreasing as elevation increases. In Brazil, however, there is a lack of data on the topic and many elevation zones remain unexplored. This study aimed to examine the effect of elevation variation on the richness, frequency, abundance, and composition of Lepidoptera in an Atlantic Forest region in southern Minas Gerais State, Brazil, and we also present the first species list of Lepidoptera of the Fernão Dias Environmental Protection Area. The study was conducted between October 2019 and March 2020, and sampling was performed with the same sampling effort at three elevation levels by active (nets) and passive (bait trap) methods. A total of 622 Lepidoptera individuals, belonging to 154 species, were sampled. The family Nymphalidae exhibited thehighest richness and abundance. The highest elevation zone showed the greatest number of exclusive species. Richness and abundance were highest at middle elevation, but differences between elevation zones were not statistically significant. Richness estimators indicated a mean sampling efficiency of 64.97%. In contrast to the expected pattern, species richness was highest in middle and high elevation zones, which might reflect the greater degree of conservation of these areas. The findings reported here contribute to a better understanding of the diversity of Lepidoptera in higher elevation zones of Atlantic Forest regions in Brazil.

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