BUTTERFLIES OF CARIRI: PAPILIONOIDEA AND HESPERIOIDEA IN THE SLOPES OF THE CHAPADA DO ARARIPE IN CEARÁ, BRAZIL

Talitha Rochanne Alves Abreu da Costa, Joseph Arimatéias D. de C. Sobreira, Karoline Oliveira Mesquita, Imeuda Peixoto Furtado

Resumo


This study aimed at conducting the first species inventory of butterflies in a location in the slopes of the Chapada do Araripe, in Ceará's Cariri region, in the Riacho do Meio Ecological Park. Specimens were collected from June 2009 to July 2010. We collected butterflies actively using insect nets, totaling 96 sampling hours. We collected a total of 236 individuals of 28 species and 5 families [Hesperiidae (N= 3), Lycaenidae (N= 1), Nymphalidae (N= 15), Pieridae (N= 7) and Riodinidae (N= 1)]. Nymphalidae was the most diverse family with 16 species and Heliconius erato phyllis (Fabricius) was the most abundant species.

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Chapada do Araripe, inventory, Lepidoptera.

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