[Distribution of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) from Mexico State, Mexico].
The State of Mexico is a region with great biological diversity, owing to its geographical and ecological features. Regarding Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea, 15% of the Mexican species are recorded in the State of Mexico, 17% of which are endemic to the country. A checklist of the two superfamilies for the State of Mexico was integrated, based on published literature and databases at the Museo de Zoología of the Facultad de Ciencias, UNAM. The checklist is composed by six families, 22 subfamilies, 197 genera and 325 species (95 Hesperiidae, 19 Papilionidae, 35 Pieridae, 54 Lycaenidae, 20 Riodinidae, and 102 Nymphalidae). A list of each species is presented, including collecting localities, flight month, and whether data correspond to scientific collection records or literature.
Museo de Zoologá, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apartado Postal 70-399, México 04510, DF México. claudia_hernandezm@hotmail.com
Claudia
C
Hernández-Mejía
Isabel
I
Vargas-Fernández
Armando
A
Luis-Martínez
Jorge
J
Llorente-Bousquets
D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies / Q000145:classification*; D008800:Mexico; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics