Butterflies of the Pituaçu Metropolitan Park, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
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The Pituaçu Metropolitan Park (PMP) represents one of the few protected areas in the city of Salvador, representing an important refuge for fauna and flora that are not associated with urban areas. In this sense, the present study represents the first attempt to provide information about the fauna of butterflies associated with urban forest remaining in Salvador. Samples were carried out from November 2002 to April 2003 for three consecutive days of each month, using as methods of capture the entomological net and trap of fermented fruit. We caught a total of 319 individuals belonging to 70 species after a collect effort of more than 324 hours, the most representative family in terms of richness was Nymphalidae. Although our results suggest that the fauna of the PMP captured during our study consists largely of generalist species, it is very important to emphasize this, because the area represents one of the few urban forest remaining protected in the city of Salvador. We suggest the management by the planting of native plant species that serve as food resources for adults and larvae of butterflies and restoration of open areas as measures for the maintenance of butterfly communities of PMP.
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