Biota Colombiana (Jul 2020)

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the El Romeral Forest Reserve in the Cordillera Central, Antioquia, Colombia

  • Alejandra Clavijo Giraldo,
  • Leidy Areiza Restrepo,
  • Carlos Federico Álvarez Hincapie,
  • Dumar Ariel Parrales Ramirez,
  • Kevin Giancarlo Borja Acosta,
  • Sandra Ines Uribe Soto,
  • Claudia Alejandra Medina Uribe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21068/c2020.v21n02a10
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 21, no. 2

Abstract

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We present a public database at SIB Colombia, the product of several studies about the diversity and complementarity of a butterfly community (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in the El Romeral reserve, a protected area located southwest of the Aburrá Valley on the Central Cordillera in the department of Antioquia, Colombia. We report 69 species, 40 genera, 12 subfamilies and 5 families of butterflies in high Andean ecosystems, between 2250 and 2878 m a.s.l., including unique records and endemic species. The information is associated with specimens and barcode sequences in GenBank.

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