Check List 11(5): e19351, doi: 10.15560/11.5.1752
New and recent records of moth and butterfly species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Praslin and Mahé Islands, Seychelles
Ivan Bolotov‡, Vitaly Spitsyn§, Yulia Kolosova|, Alisa Vlasova|‡ Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia§ Institute of Ecological Problems of the North, the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences Northern (Arctic) Federal University, Russia| Institute of Ecological Problems of the North of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Corresponding author: Ivan Bolotov ( inepras@yandex.ru ) © 2017 Ivan Bolotov, Vitaly Spitsyn, Yulia Kolosova, Alisa Vlasova. 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:
Bolotov I, Kolosova Y, Spitsyn V, Vlasova A (2015) New and recent records of moth and butterfly species (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from Praslin and Mahé Islands, Seychelles. Check List 11(5): 1752. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1752 |  |
Abstract
We report recent records of 17 Lepidoptera species from 15 genera and 11 families, which were collected on the Inner Seychelles in January 2013. From Praslin Island, 11 species, including two Seychelles endemics, were recorded for the first time. These records have significantly expanded the list of the lepidopteran fauna of Praslin to 54 species. Four species were newly collected after a long-term (ca. 50 years) absence of their specimens in samples from the Seychelles archipelago. In addition, seven species were rediscovered from separate islands. Our findings highlight that there is some evidence of faunal exchange between the two largest islands of the granitic Seychelles and that the lepidopteran fauna of Praslin has been largely underestimated.
Keywords
Seychelles; Lepidoptera; endemic; island biogeography