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Issue: Vol. 74 No. 1: 17 Dec. 2025
Type: Monograph
Published: 2025-12-17
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2025.74.1.1
Page range: 1-180
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checklist of the butterflies (lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Paraná state, Brazil: notes on their taxonomy, distribution and a gazetteer of localities

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Departamento de Biologia Animal e Vegetal, Universidade Estadual de Londrina, P.O. Box 10.011, 86057-970 Londrina, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Pesquisas em Lepidoptera, Departamento de Entomologia, Campus de Pesquisa e Ensino do Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 20941-160, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Departamento de Ecologia e Evolução, CCNE, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, UFPR, P. O. Box 19.020, 81.531-980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
butterfly systematics biogeography toponyms geographical distribution faunistic inventory

Abstract

The present study gathered historical distributional records of butterflies collected in Paraná state and adds new taxonomic acts to ensure nomenclatural stability. More than 23,000 records of butterflies from 1,476 species are listed, among: Hedylidae (2), Hesperiidae (689), Papilionidae (29), Pieridae (43), Nymphalidae (328), Lycaenidae (207), and Riodinidae (178). Additional 25 subspecies names were recorded, mainly among Hesperiidae and Nymphalidae. Toponyms found on species labels and in the literature were associated with geographical coordinates and altitude, and are available in a gazetteer format. The following taxonomical acts are here proposed: new species-level taxa revalidation: Nascus (Bron) broteas solon (Plötz, 1882), stat. rev., and Synapte restricta (Hayward, 1934), stat. rev.; one reinstated status Cymaenes theogenis (Capronnier, 1874), stat. rest.; three new status to species-level taxa: Metrocles hydra (Evans, 1955), stat. nov., Mnaseas brunnea (O. Mielke, 1972), stat. nov., and Vinius istria Evans, 1955, stat. nov.; four new synonyms: Cobalus virbius hersilia (Plötz, 1882), syn. nov. of Hesperia papaea Hewitson, 1876, Hesperia ina Plötz, 1882, syn. nov. of Mnasinous (Methionopsis) phaeomelas (Hübner, [1829]), and Penicula roppai O. Mielke, 1980, syn. nov. of Tricrista advena advena (Draudt, 1923); and two new combinations, Cobalus papaea (Hewitson, 1876), comb. nov., and Tricrista reducta (Bell, 1930), comb. nov..

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