Abstract

PALACIOS-MAYORAL, Víctor Danilo; PALACIOS-MOSQUERA, Leison  and  JIMENEZ-ORTEGA, Alex Mauricio. The diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) associated with three habitats in Pacurita, Quibdó municipality, Chocó, Colombia. Rev. acad. colomb. cienc. exact. fis. nat. [online]. 2018, vol.42, n.164, pp.237-245. ISSN 0370-3908.  https://doi.org/10.18257/raccefyn.607.

We determined the diversity of butterflies associated with three habitats with different level of conservation in the village of Pacurita, Quibdó, Chocó, Colombia. For the capture of butterflies during 38 days of sampling between the months of July and December 2016, an entomological network and six Van Someren-Rydon traps baited with decaying fish and fermented fruits were used. A total of 284 individuals of 44 species were captured, from the families Nymphalidae (S=38), Papilionidae (S=3), Pieridae (S=1), and Riodinidae (S=2). The most abundant species were Pierella luna lesbia and Heliconius erato venus in the preserved forest; Pierella luna lesbia, Heliconius erato venus, and Colobura dirce in the secondary forest, and Anartia jatrophae, Heliconius erato venus, and Anartia amathea in the habitat of permanent intervention. In the preserved and secondary forests, there was a 62% similarity in the composition and structure of butterfly species, but not so in the permanent intervention habitat. Out of the 44 species reported in this study, 25 constitute new species records for Pacurita locality; the Nymphalidae family was the predominant one. The species P. luna lesbia, A. jatrophae, H. erato venus, A. demophon muson, and S. magdalena cleove were the best represented despite experiencing changes in their abundance according to the type of habitat.

Keywords : Bioindicators; wealth; Chocó biogeographical region; conservation; incidence over habitats; Nymphalidae.

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