Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical Augiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)

Siewert, Ricardo Russo; Lemes, José Ricardo Assmann; Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5105.2.4

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“…Eurema furtadoi Casagrande & Mielke, 1979, synonymized with Eurema lirina (H. Bates, 1861 by Lamas (2004), is tentatively used for a specimen different from another that is morphologically similar to the type of Eurema lirina. We follow the higher classification of Hesperiidae summarized by Zhang et al (2019a), and the taxonomy of the group follows Mielke (2005) with recent updates (Cong et al 2019, Li et al 2019, Zhang et al 2019b, c, 2022, Siewert et al 2020, 2022. Beccaloni & Gaston (1995) suggest that the nymphalid tribe Ithomiini is a good surrogate of the total butterfly fauna of neotropical forests, since this group is easy to sample and represent 4.3-4.6% of the butterfly species.…”

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The butterflies of Cristalino Lodge, in the Brazilian southern Amazonia: An updated species list with a significant contribution from citizen science

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Biota Neotrop.

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The richest butterfly communities in the world are found in the Amazon rainforest. Despite of this, and the importance of species inventories for the knowledge of diversity patterns, there are few comprehensive lists of butterflies for localities in the Brazilian Amazon. Here, we present an updated list of the butterflies of Cristalino Lodge (Alta Floresta, Mato Grosso, Brazil), in southern Amazonia, based on specimens collected by researchers and photographic records taken by ecotourists, butterfly watchers, and tour guides. With 1010 species recorded, this is currently the largest list of butterflies published for a single locality in Brazil and the first to reach (and surpass) 1000 species, with more than one third of the records coming from citizen science. The region has about 29% of the butterfly species in Brazil and one of the greatest richnesses known in the country, inferior only to areas in the western Amazon. Its fauna is mainly composed of species widely distributed in lowland Amazonia, with the addition of some species typical of the Cerrado. It has a relatively low number of species of the tribe Ithomiini (Nymphalidae: Danainae), generally considered a good indicator of the total butterfly diversity in neotropical forests, which points to the need for caution when using a single taxonomic group as a surrogate of richness of entire communities. The present work highlights the importance of citizen science and ecotourism centers for inventories and data on species distribution in diverse tropical forests.

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