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FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGIST
Volume 94, Issue 3, Pages 527-533Publisher
FLORIDA ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1653/024.094.0317
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Charaxinae; lepidopterofauna; Neotropical; Panbiogeography; historical biogeography; Yucatan
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- CONACYT [169618]
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We have studied the origin of the Charaxinae lepidopteran fauna of the Yucatan Peninsula in a panbiogeographical analysis. The expectation was that this biota had a single origin (one generalized track) from Central America. A database was generated with worldwide distributional records of Charaxinae. The panbiogeographical analysis used the program Trazos2004, an extension for Arc View. A total of 22,124 records and 304 species were obtained, and 226 individual tracks were generated. Seventeen generalized tracks were obtained for the Americas; 2 of these penetrate into the Yucatan Peninsula. We conclude that the origin of the Yucatec Charaxinae fauna is tropical, following in America the Neotropical pattern, the so-called Mexican biogeographic Y. This fauna originates from 2 putative Mesoamerican invasions: an older one (perhaps Miocene), that penetrated across the Sierrita de Ticul (a low mountain range); the other one more recent (Pliocene), which invaded along the Caribbean coast.
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