Mirna Martins Casagrande

Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) do Parque Estadual do Morro do Diabo, Teodoro Sampaio, São Paulo, Brasil

426 butterfly species were sampled on six field-trips to Morro do Diabo and are listed with their dates of capture and where they are recorded. A variety of collecting methods was used, including standard insect nets and traps. Adult butterflies were attracted to many substances, including, wet sand, bird droppings, excrement and decaying fruits and animais. The results were compared with anothers richest butterfly communities. The following taxonomic changes are included: Pyrrhopyge aziza subnubilus Hayward, 1935 nom. rev., stat. nov., comb. rcv.; Telemiades meris meris (Plotz, 1886) sp. rev.; Quadrus u-lucida mimus (Mabille & Boullet, 1917) nom. rev., stat. nov., Peba verames (Schaus, 1902) sp. rev., comb.n.; Peba striata Mielke, 1968, syn. nov. of Peba verames. Zonia zonia diabo ssp.n. is described.

Borboletas (Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea) de Guarapuava e arredores, Paraná, Brasil: um inventário com base em 63 anos de registros

Despite figuring among the countries with high diversity of butterflies, Brazil has little information available of its biodiversity. Parana is one of brazilian states with the less known lepidopteran fauna. Only Curitiba and vicinity have a list of butterflies species published, while all other Parana regions lack such information. Aiming to provide new informations about the butterflies fauna in Parana state, this study compiles information of 63 years of collect (1944 to 2002 and from 2005 to 2010) in Guarapuava and vicinity, south-central Parana, and emphasizes the typical grassland species, now nearly extinct in this region. Were recorded 689 species, 264 of these were recorded only in one of the sampling periods. About 6% are typical grassland species and fewer than half of those were recorded recently. Pieridae, Nymphalidae and Papilionidae latest records are more similar to earlier records than Riodinidae, Hesperiidae, and Lycaenidae. We suggest the creation of permanent conservation areas comprising grasslands, as they encompass a unique fauna and are threatened locally; furthermore, they are not protected by any conservation areas already established in the region.

Borboletas (Lepidoptera) ameaçadas de extinção em Minas Gerais, Brasil

The twenty species of butterflies (diurnal Lepidoptera) considered as threatened in the Minas Gerais (by statute) are described and discussed in relation to distribution, appearance and known records.

Adult and early-stage characters of Brassolini contain conflicting phylogenetic signal (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

This study examines the contribution of early‐stages and adult characters to the reconstruction of the phylogeny of Brassolini butterflies. Parsimony analyses used both equal weights and implied weights, and a series of analyses were performed. First, we analysed adult and early‐stages partitions independently and in combination for a subset of 27 species; in these cases the matrices were mostly complete. Whereas the adult partition alone produced a topology that was well resolved and congruent with previous studies, the early‐stages partition produced a poorly resolved tree under equal weights. Furthermore, implied weights produced a well‐resolved early‐stages topology that differed significantly from the adult topology. When both partitions were combined for 27 species, implied weights yielded a topology that resembled the adult tree except for the positions of Bia and Penetes, but statistical node support was generally lower. This suggests that stochastic noise increased when early‐stage characters were added to the adult partition, but the combined partitions topology was not statistically different from that based on adult characters alone. Second, given that preserved early stages are not as readily available as adults, we analysed a matrix including 45 species in which early‐stage data were missing for 18 species, and compared the topology to that produced by the adult partition alone. Results were similar to the analyses including fewer species; the combined partitions tree was similar to that from the adult partition except for the position of Bia and Penetes. We compare our findings to other genus‐level phylogenetic studies within Lepidoptera that have also used early‐stages and adult characters.

Naropini Stichel, taxonomia e imaturos (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Brassolinae)

A systematic study of Naropini (Stichel, 1925) Casagrande, 1996 is presented. The species of this tribe occur exclusively in the Neotropical Region. All the known species of Aponarope Casagrande, 1982, and Narope Doubleday, [1849] are redescribed, new species are described and all of them are illustrated. Immatures of Narope cyllene C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859 are redescribed. Head chaetotaxy of the first instar larva is illustrated with electron micrographies. Both, the head and body chaetotaxy of this instar is also interpreted. The following are new species: Narope minor Casagrande, Oaxaca, Mexico; Panama, Veraguas, Panama; San Jose, Costa Rica. - Narope obidos Casagrande, Para, Mato Grosso, Espirito Santo, Brazil; Madre de Dios, Peru. - Narope ybyra Casagrande, Bolivia. - Narope cauca Casagrande, Cauca Valley, Colombia. Lectotypes are designated for the following species or subspecies: Narope cyllastros Doubleday, [1849]; Narope cyllarus Westwood, 1851; Narope panniculus piccatus Stichel, 1916; Narope nesope Hewitson, 1869; Narope testacea Godman & Salvin, 1878; Narope cyllabarus Westwood, 1851; Narope anartes Hewitson, 1874; Narope marmorata Schaus, 1902, and Narope pluto Tessmann, 1928. Narope denticulalus Talbot, 1928 is a stat. n. Narope syllabus stygius Staudinger, 1887 is a ssp. rev., comb. n. Narope testacea Godman & Salvin, 1878 is a stat. rev. Narope marmorata Shaus, 1902 is a stat. rev. The following are syn. n.; Narope pusilla Rober, 1929 of Narope nesope Hewitson, 1869; Narope sarastro Staudinger (1886) and Narope sarastro disyllus Fruhstorfer, 1912 of Narope anartes Hewitson, 1874, and Narope panniculus piccata Stichel, 1916 of Narope panniculus Stichel, 1904.

Estudo comparado da morfologia externa de Zaretis itys itylus (Westwood) e Agrias claudina annetta (Gray) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae). III. Abdome

Two species of Charaxinae, Zaretis itys itylus (Westwood, 1850) and Agrias claudina annetta (Gray, 1832) were subject of a detailed and comparative study of external morphology of the abdome. The results obtained were compared with other studies published and related to the external morphology of other Nymphalidae (Brassolinae, Morphinae, Danainae and Ithomiinae) and Lycaenidae.

Biology and external morphology of immature stages of the butterfly, Diaethria candrena candrena

Abstract The biology and the external morphology of immature stages of Diaethria candrena candrena (Godart) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae) are described. Immature D. c. candrena found on Allophylus spp. (Sapindaceae) were collected in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil and reared in the laboratory. Morphological descriptions and illustrations are given, based on observations using electronic, stereoscopic, and optic microscopes, the latter two attached to camera lucida. Results are compared and discussed with immature stages of other species of Biblidinae described to date.

Notes on the last instar larva and pupa of Hemiargus hanno (Stoll) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)

Larvae of Hemiargus hanno (Stoll, 1790) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) are for the first time reported to be attended under field conditions by ants of the formicine genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Myrmelachistini). Structural features of the last instar larva and pupa of H. hanno are described and illustrated with the aid of scanning electron microscopy (SEM).

Estágios imaturos de Actinote carycina Jordan (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, acraeinae)

Data on the life cycle and morphology of immature stages of Actinote carycina Jordan, 1913 are presented. The larvae feed on leaves of Eupatorium inulaefolium H.B.K. (Asteraceae).

Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea e Hesperioidea coletados na Ilha de Maracá, Alto Alegre, Roraima, parte do Projeto Maracá, com uma lista complementar de Hesperiidae De Roraima

Como parte do Projeto Maraca, foram efetuadas quatro coletas da Lepidopterofauna (Rhopalocera) da Ilha de Maraca, RR.Foram coletados 2724 exemplares de 453 especies distribuidas nas seguintes familia e subfamilias:PapilionidaePapilionidae - 8 especiesPieridaePierinae - 4 especiesColidinae - 8 especiesDismorphinae - 1 especieNymphalidaeIthomiidae - 9 especiesDanainae - 2 especiesSatyrinae - 37 especiesBrassolinae - 12 especiesMorphinae - 2 especiesNymphalinae - 56 especiesApaturinae - 2 especiesCharaxinae - 18 especiesLibytheidae - 1 especieLycaenidaeRiodininae - 68 especiesLycaeninae - 47 especiesHesperiidaePyrrhopyginae - 4 especiesPyrginae - 85 especiesHesperiinae - 94especiesPythonidae maraca sp. n., Vidius nostra roraimae ssp. n. sao descritas. Papias ignarus (Bells, 1931) e revalidada e Papias sobrinus Schaus, 1902 um novo sinonimo de Papias phainis Godman, 1900.