Numbers

[drdn at mail.utexas.edu]

I would say a little higher if the whole continent is included from Darien to
Thule and Grenada to Nome - and the trend to unlump species complexes is taken
into accound. There is no list published for the North American Continent since
the 19th Century. The problem is that "North American" lists are only for the US
and Canada and the Neotropical lists include Mexico and Central America. You can
construct your own list by adding to the Opler & Warren list (US & Canada) a
selection of species from the Lamas list (Neotropical), based on range data
given, but you will come up short.
..............Chris Durden

Quoting Fred Heath <fred.heath at earthlink.net>:

> Does your definition of North America include Mexico? If not, you are
> talking 700+. Mexico has roughly 2000 species including the majority of
> those north of the border, so my guess the total would be well under
> 2500.
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> -----Best regards, Fred
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> Anyone-
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> What is the number of butterfly specie in North America?
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> Mike
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