Resumen
Butterflies were collected using traps baited with fermented shrimp at the Río Canandé Reserve in Esmeraldas, northwestern Ecuador, one of the last
remnants of tropical wet forests in the Chocó biogeographic region of Ecuador. We recorded one species not previously reported from Ecuador, Opsiphanes zelotes
zelotes, and two species not previously reported from the Chocó region, Adelpha naxia naxia and Eunica orphise. In addition, we provide new distributional data
for several species that are known from very few localities in western Ecuador, including: Memphis artacaena, M. anna elina, Prepona gnorima jordani, Adelpha
hesterbergi, A. heraclea heraclea, A. basiloides and A. barnesia leucas.
remnants of tropical wet forests in the Chocó biogeographic region of Ecuador. We recorded one species not previously reported from Ecuador, Opsiphanes zelotes
zelotes, and two species not previously reported from the Chocó region, Adelpha naxia naxia and Eunica orphise. In addition, we provide new distributional data
for several species that are known from very few localities in western Ecuador, including: Memphis artacaena, M. anna elina, Prepona gnorima jordani, Adelpha
hesterbergi, A. heraclea heraclea, A. basiloides and A. barnesia leucas.
| Idioma original | Inglés |
|---|---|
| Páginas (desde-hasta) | 14-18 |
| Número de páginas | 5 |
| Publicación | TROPICAL LEPIDOPTERA RESEARCH |
| Volumen | 20 |
| N.º | 1 |
| Estado | Publicada - 1 jun. 2010 |
Financiación
We specially thank Francisco Sornoza (ex-director of Foundation Jocotoco) for his great support to carry out this study in Río Canandé Reserve. We also thank Foundation Ecociencia (through the Program Becas de Investigación para la Conservación) and the Darwin Initiative through the Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project for providing funding, the Museo de Zoología QCAZ from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Quito for supporting this research.
Palabras clave
- Chocó Region
- new records
- Nymphalidae
- Western Ecuador