Localized Overabundance of an Otherwise Rare Butterfly Threatens Endangered Cycads

Though once considered extinct in Florida, the Eumaeus atala butterfly (Poey) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) has made a slow but steady recovery thanks to grassroots conservation efforts targeting the butterfly and its only native foodplant, the cycad Zamia integrifolia L.f. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae). A rob...

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description Though once considered extinct in Florida, the Eumaeus atala butterfly (Poey) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) has made a slow but steady recovery thanks to grassroots conservation efforts targeting the butterfly and its only native foodplant, the cycad Zamia integrifolia L.f. (Cycadales: Zamiaceae). A robust E. atala population occurs at the Montgomery Botanical Center, a research and conservation facility in Coral Gables, Florida, USA, that cultivates a living collection of global cycads, many of which are critically endangered in the wild. Since the early 2000s, the E. atala population at the Montgomery Botanical Center has grown and adopted an expanded host range, much to the detriment of the plants; both native and exotic cycads incur consistent and severe damage from larval herbivory. This presents a complex situation in which in situ butterfly conservation conflicts with ex situ cycad conservation. Here we describe the local population of E. atala at the Montgomery Botanical Center, suggest testable hypotheses for explaining the butterfly's localized abundance, and discuss implications for butterfly and cycad conservation efforts in Florida.
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conservación
Conservation
coontie
Corals
Cycadales
Cycadophyta
Endangered & extinct species
Endangered species
Eumaeus atala
Evolution & development
Gables
Gardens & gardening
Habitat loss
Herbivory
Host range
Leaves
Lepidoptera
Lycaenidae
manejo de plagas
pest management
Plant nectar
Population
Public spaces
Public works departments
Rainforests
sagú sagrado
Scientific Notes
Zamia integrifolia
Zamiaceae
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