Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Heliconius sara apseudes (Hübner, 1813): distribution extension

Cristiano Iserhard; Daniel Castro; Ana Silva; Marina Quadros; Helena Romanowski

doi:10.15560/6.2.316

Check List 6(2): 316-318, doi: 10.15560/6.2.316

Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Heliconius sara apseudes (Hübner, 1813): distribution extension

Cristiano Agra Iserhard, Ana Kristina Silva, Marina Todeschini de Quadros, Daniel Souza Castro, Helena Piccoli Romanowski

Corresponding author: Cristiano Iserhard ( cristianoagra@yahoo.com.br )

This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Citation: Iserhard C, Castro D, Silva A, Quadros M, Romanowski H (2010) Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Heliconius sara apseudes (Hübner, 1813): distribution extension. Check List 6(2): 316-318. https://doi.org/10.15560/6.2.316

Abstract

This work presents new records and extends the geographic distribution of Heliconius sara apseudes in the Atlantic Forest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Five new records were taken along butterfly inventories carried out between 2005 and 2010 in distinct phytophysiognomies at Rio Grande do Sul northeast region: Swamp Forest, Atlantic Forest stricto sensu and Araucaria Moist Forest. The fact that all registers occurred in well preserved habitats of the Atlantic Forest emphasizes the need of conservation of this biome in Rio Grande do Sul.

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