Addition to the Knowledge of Butterflies of Pakistan. | [Pakistan Journal of Entomology • 2017]

Author(s):

1. KHALID MAHMOOD: Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan

2. MUHAMMAD ABBAS: Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan

3. MISHKAT ULLAH: Zoological Sciences Division, Pakistan Museum of Natural History, Garden Avenue, Islamabad, Pakistan

4. BERTRAND GERSCHEL: French Embassy, Diplomatic Enclave, G-5, GPO 1068, Islamabad, Pakistan

Abstract:

Butterflies are considered as environmental indicator species. They are also sensitive to air and water pollution. The problems like climate disruption and habitat loss are becoming acute in Pakistan, so there is an urgent need to explore and document the butterflies' species before they become extinct and disappear from this planet. Eight new records of butterflies from Pakistan in three families (Papilionidae, Lycanidae and Nymphalidae) are given in this work. These eight species are the Common Bluebottle Graphium sarpedon, Silverstreak Blue Iraota timoleon, Mountain Tortoiseshell Aglais rizana, the Common Jester Symbrenthia lilaea, the Black Rajah Charaxes solon, the Anomalous Nawab Polyura agraria, Polyura paulettae and East Himalayan Siren Hestina persimilis. Their taxonomy, diagnostic characters, collection data and photographs of upper and underside are given.

Page(s): 11-18

DOI: DOI not available

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Entomology, Volume: 32, Issue: 1, Year: 2017

Keywords:

Keywords are not available for this article.

References:

[1] CARDINALE , B.J.,DUFFY,J.E. , GONZALEZ,A. , HOOPER,D.U. , PERRINGS,C. , VENAIL,P. , NARWANI,A. , MACE,G.M. , TILMAN,D. , WARDLE,D.A. , KINZIG,A.P.,G.C. , LOREAU,M.,GRACE,J.B. , LARIGAUDERIE,A. , SRIVASTAVA,D.S. & NAEEM,S.,,2012,Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity,Nature,486,59,67

[2] EVANS , W.H.,,1910,Additions and corrections to certain local Butterfly list, with description of a new species,J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc,20,423,427

[3] EVANS , W.H.,,1924,The Identification of Indian Butterflies, (Part 5: Nymphalidae),J Bombay Nat Hist Soc,30,72,96

[4] EVANS , W.H.,,1932,The Identification of Indian Butterflies, 2nd revised edition,Bombay Nat Hist Soc,454,,

[5] FLEISHMAN , E.,MURPHY , D.D.,BRUSSARD , P.F.,,2000,A new method for selection of umbrella species for conservation planning,Ecol. Applications,10,569,579

[6] LARSEN , T.B.,,1988,The butterflies of the Nilgiri mountains of the Southern India (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera),J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc,85,26,43

[7] TOISSAINT , E.F.A.,MORINIERE,J.,C.J.,K. , TERLIN,B. , HAUSMANN,A. , & BALKE,M.,,2015,Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae,Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,91,194,209

[8] TUZOV , V.K.,BOGDANOV , P.V.,CHURKIN , S.V.,DANTCHENKO,A.V.,DEVYATKIN,A.L. , MURZIN,D.J.,G.D. , & ZHDANKO,A.B.,,2000,Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera,,,,

[9] VANE-WRIGHT , R.I.,,2003,The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna,Zoologische verhandellingen Leiden,343,1,267

[10] CARDINALE , B.J.,DUFFY,J.E. , GONZALEZ,A. , HOOPER,D.U. , PERRINGS,C. , VENAIL,P. , NARWANI,A. , MACE,G.M. , TILMAN,D. , WARDLE,D.A. , KINZIG,A.P.,G.C. , LOREAU,M.,GRACE,J.B. , LARIGAUDERIE,A. , SRIVASTAVA,D.S. & NAEEM,S.,,2012,Biodiversity loss and its impact on humanity,Nature,486,59,67

[11] EVANS , W.H.,,1910,Additions and corrections to certain local Butterfly list, with description of a new species,J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc,20,423,427

[12] EVANS , W.H.,,1924,The Identification of Indian Butterflies, (Part 5: Nymphalidae),J Bombay Nat Hist Soc,30,72,96

[13] EVANS , W.H.,,1932,The Identification of Indian Butterflies, 2nd revised edition,Bombay Nat Hist Soc,454,,

[14] EVANS , W.H.,,1933,The Butterflies of Baluchistan,J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc,36,196,209

[15] FLEISHMAN , E.,MURPHY , D.D.,BRUSSARD , P.F.,,2000,A new method for selection of umbrella species for conservation planning,Ecol. Applications,10,569,579

[16] LARSEN , T.B.,,1988,The butterflies of the Nilgiri mountains of the Southern India (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera),J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc,85,26,43

[17] ROBERTS , T.J.,,2001,,The Butterflies of Pakistan,,,

[18] TALBOT , G.,,1939,The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma,Taylor and Francis Limited,1,,

[19] TALBOT , G.,,1949,The Fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma,Taylor and Francis Limited,2,,

[20] TOISSAINT , E.F.A.,MORINIERE,J.,C.J.,K. , TERLIN,B. , HAUSMANN,A. , & BALKE,M.,,2015,Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae,Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution,91,194,209

[21] TUZOV , V.K.,BOGDANOV , P.V.,CHURKIN , S.V.,DANTCHENKO,A.V.,DEVYATKIN,A.L. , MURZIN,D.J.,G.D. , & ZHDANKO,A.B.,,2000,Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent territories (Lepidoptera,,,,

[22] VANE-WRIGHT , R.I.,,2003,The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna,Zoologische verhandellingen Leiden,343,1,267

Citations

Downloads

Views