2013
DOI: 10.1007/s13744-013-0175-8
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Abstract: Hesperiidae are claimed to be a group of elusive butterflies that need major effort for sampling, thus being frequently omitted from tropical butterfly surveys. As no studies have associated species richness patterns of butterflies with environmental gradients of high altitudes in Brazil, we surveyed Hesperiidae ensembles in Serra do Mar along elevational transects (900-1,800 m above sea level) on three mountains. Transects were sampled 11-12 times on each mountain to evaluate how local species richness is inf… Show more

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“…Hesperiidae, in turn, is found in hilltops and open areas. It is very abundant in the high-altitude regions of southeastern Brazil, where many endemic species are found, and with high endemism in the Neotropical regions (Iserhard & Romanowski 2004, Carneiro et al 2014, Pires et al 2018.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hesperiidae, in turn, is found in hilltops and open areas. It is very abundant in the high-altitude regions of southeastern Brazil, where many endemic species are found, and with high endemism in the Neotropical regions (Iserhard & Romanowski 2004, Carneiro et al 2014, Pires et al 2018.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The three locations sampled are embedded in protected areas regulated by the state environmental agency (IAP/PR). For location details see [33] . Capture of specimens and their transport to the laboratory for subsequent identification were permitted by licences n° 59.08 (IAP/PR) and 14.595-1 (IBAMA/Sisbio).…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In a first series of NMDS explorations, based on Bray-Curtis matrix similarities, it was assessed whether inclusion, or exclusion, of hilltopping species (i.e. where adult butterflies aggregate at mountain tops for mate location [38] ), or the segregation of samples only by altitude (100 m belts), or by altitude plus vegetation type (50–75 m belts), would affect ordination patterns, as already shown for species richness patterns [33] . Since both these factors indeed influenced the ordination of assemblages ( Fig.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Our study results showed, using distinct assemblage measurements, that this is not the case of butterfly assemblages. Butterflies are widely known to have special preference for specific microhabitats (Brown Jr. & Hutchings, 1997;Devries & Walla, 2001;Hill et al, 2001;Brown Jr. & Freitas, 2002;Uehara-Prado et al, 2007;Ribeiro et al, 2012), such as shady environments (Hill et al, 2001;Brown Jr. & Freitas, 2002), hilltops (Prieto & Dahners, 2006;Carneiro et al, 2014); or to fly very close to their host plants (Rutowski, 1991). Most frequently (although not always) this association with microhabitats is based on the presence and abundance of adult and/or larval food resources (Hamer et al, 2006).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%