Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from the campos rupestres of Serra de São José, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Henriques, Nathália Ribeiro; Beirão, Marina do Vale; Brasil, Ello; Cornelissen, Tatiana

doi:10.1590/1676-0611-bn-2018-0655

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“…We sampled 647 butterflies belonging to 112 species from six families: Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae and Riodinidae (see Henriques et al, 2019 for the complete species list). We found a strong negative effect of elevation on butterfly richness ( r = −0.92, R 2 = 0.85, p = 0.003, Figure 2a) and abundance ( r = −0.86, R 2 = 0.74, p = 0.013, Figure 2b).…”

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“…To evaluate flight‐related traits for this butterfly community, three criteria had to be met: (1) There had to be at least three individuals of each species to be selected for trait measurements; (2) All butterflies had to exhibit both left and right forewings undamaged to properly and precisely measure all three wing traits (length, width and area); and (3) All four flying traits had to be measured in all butterflies, including the thorax volume trait (thorax length × thorax width 2 ) and the three wing traits. Although almost 650 butterflies belonging to 112 species were sampled during the course of our study in the entire elevational gradient (see Henriques et al, 2019), only about half of the individuals sampled met these three criteria and were included in our trait analyses.…”

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“…At each altitudinal band, net sampling was carried out for nearly 5 h per day with at least the same two experienced researchers sampling simultaneously with horizontal walks, totaling 140 effective hours distributed in 28 samplings. The butterflies were sampled in the mornings and early afternoons, when they were most active (between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM, Henriques et al, 2019, Freitas et al, 2021), and abiotic data were collected simultaneously at each altitudinal band using portable environmental meters (Kestrel®), recording atmospheric pressure, temperature and wind speed at intervals of 30 min from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM.…”

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Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain

Henriques

Lourenço

Diniz

et al. 2022

Ecological Entomology

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Environmental filters select species that tolerate and respond to habitat conditions similarly. By combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny, we aimed to understand the spatial distribution of a tropical butterfly community, evaluating whether elevation acts as an environmental filter strong enough to select flight‐related traits. Frugivorous and nectarivorous butterflies were sampled with nets at seven altitudinal bands (800–1400 m) in four sampling periods. We tested seven flight‐related traits (wing length, width, and area; thorax volume; wing:thorax ratio [WTR]length, WTRwidth and WTRarea) and incorporated the effects of phylogeny in the relationships among these traits and with elevation. Butterfly diversity decreased with increased elevation, and four traits exhibited larger values at higher elevations: wing length, width, area and WTRarea. This suggests that butterflies tended to have smaller wings and robust bodies at lower elevations, and larger wings with slender bodies at higher elevations, possibly related to flight speed or wind conditions. Although the phylogenetic relatedness did not exert significant weight in the traits and elevation, we found indication of phylogenetic conservatism of wing area and WTR. Butterflies in mountains experience a strong selection by several environmental filters related to flight performance, and our study demonstrated a robust relationship between elevation, flight‐related traits and species distribution. These relationships occurred regardless of phylogenetic relatedness, but most traits are conserved and exhibit resemblance in the phylogenetic lineages of these species. These findings suggest an influence of a widespread filter promoted by the elevational gradient with convergent trait evolution.

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Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain

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Lourenço

Diniz

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Ecological Entomology

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“…Alguns inventário de borboletas foram realizados em diferentes biomas de Minas Gerais, como o Cerrado próximo aos municípios de Belo Horizonte, Curvelo, Paraopeba, Paracatu (BROWN JUNIOR et al, 1967a;1967b;BROWN JUNIOR, 1972a), no Parque Estadual Serra do Intendente (NERY et al, 2014), na Serra do Cipó (PIRES et al, 2018) e na Área de Proteção Ambiental Serra de São José (HENRIQUES et al, 2019); em Mata Atlântica, nos municípios de Itamonte, Passa Quatro e Virgínia (ZIKÁN et al, 1968), Poços de Caldas (EBERT, 1969), em Muzambinho (ANDRADE et al, 2017), Baependi (Oliveira et al, 2018); além de áreas urbanas (SILVA et al, 2007;SOARES et al, 2012;ARAÚJO et al, 2015) e em áreas de ecotono entre os dois biomas, na Área de Proteção Especial Manancial Cercadinho (SILVA et al, 2012) e Parque Estadual Serra do Rola Moça (SOLDATI et al, 2019).…”

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Borboletas (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) em floresta estacional semidecidual do sul do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

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Silva

Oliveira

et al. 2020

Nature and Conservation

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As borboletas desempenham funções essenciais nos ecossistemas, podendo ser utilizadas como bioindicadores. Apesar de sua relevância pouco se conhece sobre o grupo em muitos estados, ecossistemas e unidades de conservação brasileiras, como o estado de Minas Gerais, em que se conhece cerca de 1600 espécies, das quais 25 estão ameaçadas de extinção. Nesse panorama o objetivo do estudo foi inventariar a fauna de borboletas em áreas de floresta estacional semidecidual na região sul de Minas Gerais, Brasil. O trabalho foi conduzido de janeiro de 2016 a maio de 2019, com esforço amostral diferenciado para cada área, totalizando 492 horas amostrais. Os exemplares capturados foram armazenados em envelopes entomológicos e encaminhados para sua identificação no Laboratório de Ecologia e Sistemática de Borboletas (LABBOR), e encontra-se em processo de tombamento na coleção biológica do Laboratório de Zoologia do IFSULDEMINAS, Campus Inconfidentes. Foram coletados 1070 indivíduos, pertencentes a seis famílias e 234 espécies distribuídas em 19 subfamílias. Destaca-se o registro da espécie Charonias theano (BOISDUVAL, 1836) ameaçada de extinção, presente na Área de Proteção Ambiental da Bacia Hidrográfica do Rio Machado, município de Poço Fundo. O presente estudo evidenciou que a região sul de Minas Gerais abriga uma importante fauna de borboletas, sendo necessário estabelecer ações para conservação dessa biota.

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“…To measure butterfly wing traits, two criteria had to be met to be included in our FA measurements: 1) There had to be at least three individuals of each species to be selected for asymmetry measurements and 2) both the right and left wings had to be undamaged to properly measure wing length, width and area. Although almost 650 butterflies belonging to 112 species were sampled during the course of our study in the entire elevational gradient (see Henriques et al 2019), only about half of the individuals sampled meet these two criteria and could be included in our FA analyses.…”

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Wing asymmetry of a butterfly community: is altitude a source of stress?

Henriques

Cornelissen

2019

Community Ecology

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We present a novel analysis of fluctuating asymmetry (FA) for butterfly wings at the community-level, along an altitudinal gradient. FA is an important biomonitoring tool that detects deviations of perfect symmetry in bilateral characters, assuming that genetic and/or environmental factors can be a source of stress. This study evaluated the effects of increased altitude on the symmetry of butterfly wings, testing the hypothesis that FA should increase with increased elevation in a tropical mountain. Butterflies were sampled along an altitudinal gradient of 800 to 1.400 m and forewings were detached, scanned and evaluated for symmetry. Length, width and area of the right and left forewings were measured as surrogates for FA and then combined into an index taking into account the variability of wing sizes of the whole butterfly community. We observed true patterns of FA in the length, width and area of the wings, and wing FA area increased with increased altitude. This study pioneered the analysis of FA for a community of butterflies and FA was efficient to detect developmental instability indicated by imperfections in butterfly wings.

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Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from the campos rupestres of Serra de São José, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Cited by 8 publications

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Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain

Is elevation a strong environmental filter? Combining taxonomy, functional traits and phylogeny of butterflies in a tropical mountain

Borboletas (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) em floresta estacional semidecidual do sul do estado de Minas Gerais, Brasil

Wing asymmetry of a butterfly community: is altitude a source of stress?

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