Amazonian fruit-feeding butterflies, Brazilian Amazon, 2011-2019

This dataset contains the butterlfy counts across 148 plots spanning 730,000 km² and a broad climatic, edaphic and vegetation gradient in the Brazilian Amazon. Data was collected in plots embedded in grids were established by researchers from the Brazilian Biodiversity Research Program (PPBio), which is a long-term ecological program that aims to compare the distribution of multiple taxa using standardized protocols. Butterfly surveys were conducted via passive sampling with Van Someren-Rydon baited traps.