Relaciones biogeográficas de las mariposas diurnas (Papilionidae, Pieridae y Nymphalidae) en el bosque tropical perennifolio de México

Abstract

Biogeographical relationships of some tropical rain forest butterflies (Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalidae) in the evergreen tropical forest of México were studied. The distributional data from 12 sites were analysed through parsimony analysis of endemicity and track analysis. The analysis of the distributional data of 392 species in San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Campeche, and Chiapas states suggests the clado CHJ-SJ-LT-SLP (Chajul-Sierra de Juárez-Los Tuxtlas-Huichihuayán) that is confirmed by one generalized track connecting the areas.