Taxonomic review of the superfamily Pyraloidea in Bhutan (Lepidoptera)

• Main Authors: Jatishwor Singh Irungbam, Meenakshi Singh Chib, Karma Wangdi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2016-09-01
• Series: Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity
• Subjects: Crambidae; investigation; light trapping; new records; Pyralidae; warm broadleaf forest
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2287884X16300541

The result of an investigation of the lepidopteran fauna of Central and Southern Bhutan (Bumthang, Dagana, Trongsa, Tsirang, and Sarpang districts) is presented in this study. The investigation was the part of the Invertebrate Documentation Project of Bhutan initiated by the National Biodiversity Center, Thimphu, funded by the Bhutan Trust Fund for Environmental Conservation, Thimphu. The checklist was based on the systematic collections by light trapping at nine locations and the occasional collections from native forest and gardens within the five districts of Central and Southern Bhutan. The specimens were photographed and collected as specimens for future identification and reference. A list of 182 species belonging to families Crambidae and Pyralidae is presented, including 92 species as new records for the country. All the studied specimens are deposited at “Invertebrate Referral Collection Center” at the National Biodiversity Center, Thimphu.