Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) collected in a Cerrado area near Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil.
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https://doi.org/10.17648/heringeriana.v12i2.917895Keywords:
Central Brazil, Campo rupestre, Entomological faunaAbstract
In order to improve the entomological collection of the Jardim Botânico de Brasília and our knowledge of the order Lepidoptera in the Cerrado biome, an inventory of butterflies was performed in the Zen Horyu-Zan Eisho-Ji Monastery near Pirenópolis, Goiás, Brazil. Three collecting expeditions were done and 17 species of butterflies were recorded distributed in four families, Hesperiidae, Nymphalidae and Pieridae with five species each, and Papilionidae with two species.
Key words: Central Brazil, Campo rupestre, Entomological fauna.Downloads
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