四川省蝶类物种组成及名录

通过整理鉴定四川大学自然博物馆馆藏的100多年间采自四川省的1万余号蝶类标本,最早的四川蝶类标本(宽带凤蝶西部亚种Papilio nephelus chaon)采于1910年,结合文献和专著资料,参考《中国蝶类志》的分类系统,得到四川省蝶类644种,隶属于12科240属。其中,蛱蝶科Nymphalidae 162种、弄蝶科Hesperiidae 125种、眼蝶科Satyridae 114种、灰蝶科Lycaenidae 100种、粉蝶科Pieridae 59种、凤蝶科Papilionidae 45种、蚬蝶科Riodinidae 14种、绢蝶科Parnassiidae 11种、斑蝶科Danaidae 8种、环蝶科Amathusiidae 4种、喙蝶科Libytheidae 1种、珍蝶科Acraeidae 1种。四川省蝶类物种组成丰富,其中,蛱蝶科、弄蝶科、眼蝶科和灰蝶科物种数均超过或达到100种。建议在全省范围内选择不同生境建立长期监测点,持续监测蝶类物种多样性分布及变化情况,这对于保护全省生态环境和维持生物多样性都是至关重要的。建议尽快开展相关研究,包括四川省蝶类的经典分类学、系统发育及区系、生物地理学、生态学、行为学和进化生态学等研究。

Directory and Species Composition of Butterflies in Sichuan

By collating and identifying more than 10 000 butterfly specimens from the Natural Museum of Sichuan University(NMSU) for more than 100 years the earliest specimen of Sichuan butterfly(Papilio nephelus chaon) in 1910], combining with the literatures, monographs, and referencing to ’The Monograph of Chinese Butterflies’(Zhou, 1999 a), there are 644 species of butterflies in Sichuan province, belonging to 240 genera and 12 families. Among them, there are 162 species of Nymphalidae, 125 species of Hesperiidae, 114 species of Satyridae, 100 species of Lycaenidae, 59 species of Pieridae, 45 species of Papilionidae, 14 species of Riodinidae, and 11 Parnassiidae species, 8 species of Danaidae, 4 species of Amathusiidae, 1 species of Libytheidae, and 1 species of Acraeidae. Sichuan province is rich in butterfly species, and the most abundant species are the family Nymphalidae, Hesperiidae, Satyridae, and Lycaenidae. Butterflies are highly ornamental and easy to observe and identify. They not only require high quality of habitat, but are also sensitive to the change of microenvironment. Most butterflies mainly live near the host, and their distribution is centered on the host plants. The distribution range varies with the distribution of host plants. These characteristics make butterflies widely considered as a very good environment indicator species. It is suggested to select different habitats to establish long-term monitoring sites throughout the province, and to continuously monitor the distribution and changes of butterfly species diversity, and these are of vital importance for the protection of the ecological environment and the maintenance of biodiversity in the province. Moreover, basic studies including the classical taxonomy, phylogeny, biogeography, ecology, behaviourology and evolutionary ecology of the butterfly in Sichuan province should be carried out as soon as possible.