Check List 11(5): e19332, doi: 10.15560/11.5.1733
Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Arcas ducalis (Westwood, 1852): first record from Uruguay
expand article infoMaría Gabriela Bentancur‡, José Carlos Guerrero‡, Enrique Regino Morelli‡
‡ University of the Republic, Uruguay

Corresponding author: María Bentancur ( gbentancur@fcien.edu.uy )

© 2017 María Bentancur, José Guerrero, Enrique Morelli.
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Citation: Bentancur-Viglione M, Guerrero J, Morelli E (2015) Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Arcas ducalis (Westwood, 1852): first record from Uruguay. Check List 11(5): 1733. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1733
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Abstract
This note documents the first record of Arcas ducalis (Westwood, 1852) in Uruguay and provides an updated geographic distributional map of the species, extending its known range by over 200 km. This is also the first record in latitudes south of municipality of Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, and also the first time the species is recorded in a Forest remnant of a temperate grassland biome.
Keywords
Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae; Uruguay; first record