Diversity Of Butterfly In Sarawak
Started in June 2019 this gallery shows butterfly observations with photos all made on B2A trips in Borneo.
Diversity of butterfly in sarawak. Nymphalidae Along Vertical Gradient in a Peat Swamp Forest Kota Samarahan Sarawak Article Full-text available. Biologically they offer higher diversity than the larger animals. Overall diversity of fruit-feeding butterflies Lepidoptera.
They also serve as sensitive indicators of. The diversity of understorey birds at Gunung Gading National Park was examined from November 2011 to April 2012 using mist nets with total effort of 177 nets days revealed 114 individuals representing 13 families and 38 species. Launer conservation planners because it demonstrates that multi-use areas may not adequately preserve bio- diversity.
Butterflies are important pollinators of flowering plants. The number of individuals from the family Lycaenidae 33 was highest followed by Pieridae 28 Nymphalidae 25 Papilionidae 7. This study will enlighten the information regarding the diversity of butterflies and forms a baseline data for future butterfly studies.
Three surveys of 4 days each were conducted from September 2012 to March 2013 using aerial nets and baited traps that recorded 377 butterflies from 97 species. Borneo Highlands - Butterflies Spiders and Flowers Though I go to Borneo Highlands primarily for its birds there are certainly other things there to keep a naturalist occupied -- especially later in the morning when the birds fall silent. Science nature and conservation.
The larvae are very much plant dependent. Species diversity was higher at ground level than canopy level with Shannon diversity index H 351 and H 303. Three surveys of 4 days each were conducted from September 2012 to March 2013 using aerial nets and baited traps that recorded 377 butterflies from 97 species.
The attributed reasons for the increase in butterfly diversity are favourable climatic conditions availability of more number of host plants and vegetation cover of herbs shrubs and trees for nectaring of butterflies. I live in Canada but thanks to my wife Eileen Yen I now spend part of each year in Sarawak Malaysia. The butterfly arousing the greatest excitement among Les Days.
The diversity of species in the carpet of butterflies before us was so enormous. Overall Diversity of Fruit-Feeding Butterflies Lepidoptera. Nymphalidae along vertical gradient in a peat swamp forest Kota Samarahan Sarawak.
A total of 307 individuals from 72 species and 8 subfamilies were documented. Butterflies compositions at ground level have high diversity compared to canopy level. Random sampling of rural suburban and urban sites in and around Kolkata metropolis revealed the presence of 96 butterfly species dominated by Lycaenidae 3125 over Nymphalidae 2813 Hesperiidae 1875 Pieridae 1250 and Papilionidae 938.
DIVERSITY OF BUTTERFLY FAUNA IN BARASAT WEST BENGAL. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak Kota Samarahan 94300 Sarawak Malaysia Corresponding author. Including previous studies a total of 62 bird species have been netted in Gunung Gading National Park.
Species of butterflies were very common nine species are common thirteen species are not rare and twelve species of butterflies were rare in occurrence in Gandhi park of Shivamogga. Being so they offer a more sharply focused picture of the distribution of biological diversity in a country. It already includes some iconic and rare Bornean endemic species as Kinabalu Jezebel Bornean Satyr Tufted Jungle King Kinabalu Ringlet Kinabalu Swordtail Bornean Birdwing.
The absence of butterfly species native to the oak woodlands from sites previously assumed to provide adequate habitat for butterflies namely the open-space recreation area and the golf course is particularly troublesome for 124 R. I hope to keep adding new species to this page.
