Proceedings of the First South East Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium

0098380 - BC 2008 RIV HK eng M - Monography Chapter
Fric, Zdeněk - Pech, Pavel
Palaearctic butterfly ecology model for Oriental species conservation.
[Ekologie palearktických motýlů jako model pro ochranu orientálních druhů.]
Proceedings of the First South East Asian Lepidoptera Conservation Symposium. Hong Kong: Kadoorie Farm & Botainc Garden Corporation, 2007 - (Kendrick, R.), s. 63-69. ISBN 978-962-8869-49-7
R&D Projects: GA ČR GD206/03/H034; GA AV ČR KJB600070601
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z50070508
Keywords : palaearctic butterfly
Subject RIV: EH - Ecology, Behaviour

A study of origin of seasonal polyphenism of nymphalid butterflies of the genera Araschnia, Mynes and Symbrenthia showed us, that the seasonal polyphenism of the taxa did not start under condition of Palaearctic climate, but likely in area of transient zone of Palaearctic and Oriental regions of SE Asia, where also occurred the ancestor of these butterfly group. Study of phylogeny and parasitic myrmecophily in Lycaenidae of Glaucopsyche section again showed, that Maculinea and Phengaris create the monophyletic group with similar life cycles. Based on long-term studies in Europe, the distribution of host ants seems to be a key factor of the occurrence of seriously endangered Maculinea. We supposed that the occurrence of ants is important for surviving of Phengaris as well. As a result of our studies evolution of ecological phenomena of two groups of butterflies, we found, that origin of the two groups was nested in area of Southeast Asia.

Na příkladech dvou skupin motýlů s orientálně-palearktickým rozšířením, babočkách Araschnia + Mynes + Symbrenthia a modráscích Maculinea + Phengaris ukazujeme, jak mohou detailní poznatky o evropských druzích napomoci ochraně v jiných částech světa.
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