Annotated checklist and biogeographic composition of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad, West Indies
- A revised annotated checklist for the butterfly family Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of Trinidad is presented, updating nomenclature, and indicating synonyms from earlier lists and papers. The checklist includes 131 species of Lycaenidae, comprising 127 species of 49 genera of Eumaeini, Theclinae, and four species of three genera of Polyommatinae. There are more than 30 new island records. No lycaenid species is endemic to Trinidad, and the fauna consists primarily of widespread species (71%) that occur from Central America to the Amazon Basin. However, the primary biogeographic affi nity is the Amazon Region, where 94% of the Trinidad lycaenid fauna also occurs. Corrections are made to the literature cited in the first author’s earlier checklists on other Trinidad butterflies.
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| Author: | Matthew J.W. Cock, Robert K. Robbins |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-423433 |
| ISSN: | 1942-1354 |
| Parent Title (English): | Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics |
| Series (Serial Number): | Insecta Mundi (506) |
| Publisher: | Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc. |
| Place of publication: | Gainesville, FL |
| Document Type: | Part of Periodical |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2016/12/02 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2016 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2016/12/02 |
| Tag: | Butterflies; Chacachacare Island; Eumaeini; Malcolm Barcant; Polyommatinae; Theclinae; William James Kaye |
| Page Number: | 36 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 33 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 396337996 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - Namensnennung-Nicht kommerziell 3.0 |
