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- Title
Riqueza de Borboletas (Lepidoptera) em um Fragmento Urbano de Cerrado em Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil.
- Authors
Bogiani, Paulo Alexandre; Aranda, Rodrigo; de Oliveira Freitas Machado, Camila
- Abstract
Butterflies are among the better studied arthropods, because they participate in several ecological interactions. In spite of already many inventories of butterflies have been published in Brazil, still any information exist in Mato Grosso do Sul. The present study aimed to evaluate the species richness of butterflies found in an urban remnant of savannah in Campo Grande, Midwest of Brazil, besides indicating the presence of rare species and indicative of preserved atmosphere. We registered 62 species of butterflies, ranging in six families and 15 subfamilies, for the area. Among the registered species, 28 belong to the family Nymphalidae (45.1%), 16 to Hesperiidae (25.8%), 8 to Lycaenidae (12.9%), 6 to Pieridae (9.7%) and 4 to Riodinidae (6.5 %). The wealth estimates Jack-Knife (1st order) and Chao2 show that among 81 and 86% of species, respectively, were registered during the period of the study for the area. The found lepidopterofauna didn’t present species whose presence indicates preserved atmosphere. Although the small study area, being immersed in an urban matrix and constantly being impacted, the reserve represents an important environment for the conservation of butterflies in the city of Campo Grande.
- Subjects
MATO Grosso do Sul (Brazil); BRAZIL; BUTTERFLIES; NYMPHALIDAE; HESPERIIDAE; LYCAENIDAE; RIODINIDAE
- Publication
EntomoBrasilis, 2012, Vol 5, Issue 2, p93
- ISSN
1983-0572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12741/ebrasilis.v5i2.204