An assessment of diversity patterns of butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from subalpine zone of Western Himalaya

IF 0.6 4区农林科学 Q4 ENTOMOLOGY

Oriental Insects Pub Date : 2023-03-14 DOI:10.1080/00305316.2023.2186507

Romila Devi, Pawan Kumar, V. K. Mattu

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The subalpine zone of the Himalaya epitomises a transition (ecotone) between alpine grassland and temperate forest ecosystems. This research was conducted in seven sites Chanshal, Marhi, Chotabanghal, Hattu, Shipkila, Jot, and Pangi Valley of Himachal Pradesh. A total of 61 species of butterflies belonging to 45 genera, 5 families, and 16 subfamilies were documented. The members of the family Papilionidae and Hesperiidae have been least recorded. We have carried out butterfly sampling along an elevational gradient (2300–3899 m). A Kruskal Wallis test for diversity indices for seven different sites from the year 2013 to 2015 (H = 1.024, df = 6 p = 0.984, H = 0.642 df = 6 p = 0.995, H = 0.690 df = 6 p = 0.994 p > 0.05) revealed no significant difference. Three species legally protected under Wildlife Protection Act, India, 1972, have been detected. They are Lampides boeticus, Maniola devendra devendra Schedule II Part II and Euploea mulciber Schedule IV.

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西喜马拉雅亚高山地区蝴蝶区系多样性格局评价(鳞翅目:凤蝶总科)

喜马拉雅亚高山地带是高山草原和温带森林生态系统过渡地带的缩影。这项研究在喜马偕尔邦的昌沙尔、马尔希、乔塔班哈尔、哈图、希普基拉、乔特和Pangi山谷的7个地点进行。共记录到蝴蝶61种，隶属于5科16亚科45属。凤蝶科和绣球科的记录最少。我们沿着海拔梯度(2300-3899米)进行了蝴蝶取样。2013 - 2015年7个不同地点多样性指数的Kruskal Wallis检验(H = 1.024, df = 6 p = 0.984, H = 0.642 df = 6 p = 0.995, H = 0.690 df = 6 p = 0.994 p > 0.05)显示差异无统计学意义。在1972年印度《野生动物保护法》中，已经发现了三种受法律保护的物种。它们是蓝灯科植物(Lampides boeticus)、Maniola devendra devendra附表II第II部和Euploea mulciber附表IV。

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Oriental Insects 生物-昆虫学

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期刊介绍： Oriental Insects is an international, peer-reviewed journal devoted to the publication of original research articles and reviews on the taxonomy, ecology, biodiversity and evolution of insects and other land arthropods of the Old World and Australia. Manuscripts referring to Africa, Australia and Oceania are highly welcomed. Research papers covering the study of behaviour, conservation, forensic and medical entomology, urban entomology and pest control are encouraged, provided that the research has relevance to Old World or Australian entomofauna. Precedence will be given to more general manuscripts (e.g. revisions of higher taxa, papers with combined methodologies or referring to larger geographic units). Descriptive manuscripts should refer to more than a single species and contain more general results or discussion (e.g. determination keys, biological or ecological data etc.). Laboratory works without zoogeographic or taxonomic reference to the scope of the journal will not be accepted.