Coleções Biológicas, Zoológicas e Entomológicas: Montagem e Conservação de Taygetis Laches Hübner (1821) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Coletadas em Unidades de Conservação na Ilha de São Luís -MA

Abstract

Biological collections are more than repositories of biological material intended for research. Biological collections support teaching, research and extension activities, provide fundamental information for various studies, and represent material of historical importance. Insects are considered great bioindicators, among them, Lepidoptera stand out, which are very fragile to environmental changes in their habitats, which leads to their use in monitoring changes in natural ecosystems. In this context, this study aimed to record, assemble and fix in entomological boxes Taygetis laches Hübner (1821) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) collected in Conservation Units on São Luís Island (MA). The study was carried out at the Entomology Laboratory and the Iraci Paiva Coelho Entomological Collection of the State University of Maranhão (CIPC-UEMA). Initially, T. laches collected in Conservation Units on São Luís Island (MA) were screened. After screening, they were assembled, identified, labeled and stored in entomological boxes. The butterflies were identified with the help of specialized bibliography and consultations with experts. The T. laches specimens collected in Conservation Units on São Luís Island were treated, cataloged and deposited in the Iraci Paiva Coelho Entomological Collection (CIPC-UEMA). The butterflies collected in the Conservation Units are distributed in four subfamilies: Satyrinae (1,703 individuals of 29 species); Biblidinae (540 individuals of 11 species); Charaxinae (261 individuals of 09 species) and Nymphalinae (364 individuals of 03 species). Satyrinae was the most abundant subfamily in the sampled areas, accounting for 50% of the total number of butterflies collected and represented by the species T. laches (Hubner) and Opsiphanes invirae (Linnaeus) with 570 and 382 individuals, respectively. The specimens of T. laches collected in Conservation Units on São Luís Island (MA) were treated, cataloged and deposited in the Iraci Paiva Coelho Entomological Collection of the State University of Maranhão (CIPC-UEMA)