Unpublished records of threatened butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) to Paraná State, Brazil: new contributions for the evaluation of threat criteria

Authors

  • Diego Rodrigo Dolibaina Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudo de Lepidoptera Neotropical
  • Eduardo Carneiro Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudo de Lepidoptera Neotropical
  • Fernando Maia Silva Dias Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudo de Lepidoptera Neotropical
  • Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudo de Lepidoptera Neotropical
  • Mirna Martins Casagrande Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudo de Lepidoptera Neotropical

Keywords:

conservation, Lepidoptera, red list, distribution, conservation units

Abstract

Many countries regard the red lists of threatened species as useful tools for promoting the biological conservation. However, little effort has been made to gather base-line information on the presence and distribution of such species, or their conservation. Therefore, the present work provides new records of some threatened butterflies species distributed through Paraná, one of which is already included in the Brazilian red list, and thus complementing the knowledge of geographical distribution and conservation. In total, 15 new records belonging to 8 species are given, confirming past records, or representing new distribution records. The species addressed in our study are: Passova passova practa Evans, 1951 (CR), Zonia zonia diabo Mielke & Casagrande, 1998 (VU - Brazil), Alesa prema (Godart, [1824]) (VU), Symmachia arion (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) (VU), Cyanophrys bertha (Jones, 1912) (EN), Euryades corethrus (Boisduval, 1836) (EN), Charonias theano (Boisduval, 1836) (EN), and Pampasatyrus glaucope glaucope (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865) (VU). Except for Charonias theano and Pampasatyrus glaucope glaucope, all species were recorded on the past three years (2007-2009). Approximately one-half of the records included here correspond to small conservation units located at the northwest and northeast regions of Paraná, while records from central-south region correspond to non-protected areas, specially the endemic grasslands species. From these new data, we suggest the following modifications to threat status: remove P. p. practa, C. bertha and S. arion from the red list. Z. z. diabo should be considered critically endangered (CR), while the status of E. corethrus should be revised to critically endangered (CR). We make no recommendations for change in status for A. prema, P. g. glaucope and C. theano.

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Published

2010-09-01

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Dolibaina, D. R., Carneiro, E., Dias, F. M. S., Mielke, O. H. H., & Casagrande, M. M. (2010). Unpublished records of threatened butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea) to Paraná State, Brazil: new contributions for the evaluation of threat criteria. Biota Neotropica, 10(3). Retrieved from //www.biotaneotropica.org.br/BN/article/view/635

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