Keywords :
Butterfly; Diversity
บทคัดย่อ :
We compared the species diversity of butterflies between dry dipterocarp forest and dry evergreen forest at Sakaerat Environmental Research Station, a UNESCO biosphere reserve, in Nakhon Ratchasima province. We walked and captured butterflies along three replicates of 500-m line transect once a month, from October 2005 to September 2006. Additionally, fermented fruits bait traps were hung 3 m aboveground one day prior to the sampling date in each transect. We found 156 butterfly species (3,176 individuals) in both forests, while dry evergreen forest had more butterfly diversity (131 species, 1,928 individuals) than dry dipterocarp forest (102 species, 1,093 individuals). Eighty one species lived in both forests while 75 species lived in different forest. One hundred and fifty one species (3,021 individuals) were captured in the line transects but only 46 species (155 individuals) were captured in bait traps. However, five species were found only in bait traps. The most abundant butterfly was Neptis hylas (243 individuals). December had the highest butterfly species diversity, while June had the lowest. Dry evergreen forest had more butterfly diversity since it had more moisture, food, and refugee plants than in dry dipterocarp forest.
เอกสารอ้างอิง :
Suwanwaree, P., Lapkratok, S., & Thanee, N. 2015 The Comparison of Butterfly Diversity between Dry Dipterocarp Forest and Dry Evergreen Forest in the Sakaerat Environmental Research Station and Biosphere Reserve, Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. DEF, 10, 15.
