The community characteristics and month dynamics of butterfly at different habitats in the Badagongshan National Nature Reserve

doi:10.17520/biods.2019333

Abstract

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To explore the butterfly community composition and its altitude distribution in the Badagongshan National Nature Reserve, we investigated and analyzed the butterfly populations of different habitats at different altitudes, and continuously observed the monthly dynamics of their populations in 2016-2018. In this study, we recorded 6,164 butterfly individuals, belonging to 5 families, 107 genera, and 191 species. The survey results showed that the butterfly individuals recorded in low-altitude (250-450 m) and high-altitude (1,200-1,400 m) habitats were mainly Popilioninae and Pierinae, respectively, but mid-altitude (700-900 m) habitats did not have obvious dominant butterfly groups. Similarity analyses showed that there was a high proportion of common species (> 59%) in each habitat, but the individual distribution of these species in different habitats was different. Seasonal dynamic analyses showed that the butterflies in the Badagongshan were in the rising period from April to June including the species, individuals and diversity indices, usually reaching a peak in July, and then gradually decreasing from August to September. In general, the composition of the butterfly community in the Badagongshan is vertically distributed along the altitude gradient with heterogeneity between high and low altitude habitats and a transitional state at the middle altitude. The butterfly community in the Badagongshan showed consistent seasonal dynamics with a high percentage of species turnover. High altitude habitats had a shorter active period and higher species turnover than lower altitudes.

Key words: species diversity, month dynamics, butterfly, Badagongshan, habitat, altitude

Mengyue Chen, Yuheng Wu, Chengqing Liao, Fangzhou Ma, Xing Wang. The community characteristics and month dynamics of butterfly at different habitats in the Badagongshan National Nature Reserve[J]. Biodiv Sci, 2020, 28(8): 950-957.

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科 Family	亚科 Subfamily	占生境内个体数的相对比例 Relative ratio of the number of individuals in habitats (%)
科 Family	亚科 Subfamily	生境A Habitat A	生境B Habitat B	生境C Habitat C	生境D Habitat D	生境E Habitat E
凤蝶科 Papilionidae	凤蝶亚科 Popilioninae	25.89	36.61	17.79	9.70	4.15
粉蝶科 Pieridae	粉蝶亚科 Pierinae	2.97	8.50	15.10	48.38	51.14
	黄粉蝶亚科 Coliodinae	16.72	10.92	7.89	2.74	2.27
	合计 Total	19.69	19.42	22.99	51.12	53.41
灰蝶科 Lycaenidae	灰蝶亚科 Lycueninae	4.49	8.70	10.07	7.74	8.19
	蚬蝶亚科 Riodininae	6.68	2.43	0.67	1.47	3.16
	银灰蝶亚科 Curetinae	1.85	1.55	1.01	0.20	0.00
	云灰蝶亚科 Miletinae	0.29	0.13	0.50	0.00	0.10
	合计 Total	13.31	12.81	12.25	9.41	11.45
蛱蝶科 Nymphalidae	线蛱蝶亚科 Limenitinae	13.90	9.78	11.24	5.09	4.34
	眼蝶亚科 Satyrinae	1.41	3.64	10.57	8.33	10.46
	蛱蝶亚科 Nymphalinae	5.22	2.43	1.51	3.62	1.48
	鳌蛱蝶亚科 Choraxinae	6.39	2.56	0.34	0.29	0.00
	丝蛱蝶亚科 Cyrestinae	2.97	3.51	7.55	0.59	0.20
	闪蛱蝶亚科 Apiturinae	2.10	2.56	2.68	1.08	0.59
	喙蝶亚科 Libytheinae	0.49	0.61	2.85	1.67	1.97
	袖蝶亚科 Heliconiinae	0.34	0.74	0.34	2.15	2.07
	合计 Total	32.82	25.83	37.08	22.82	21.11
弄蝶科 Hesperiidae	花弄蝶亚科 Pyrginae	2.88	3.57	8.72	4.02	5.63
	弄蝶亚科 Hesperiinae	5.02	1.69	0.67	2.45	2.27
	竖翅弄蝶亚科 Coeliadinae	0.20	0.00	0.50	0.10	0.79
	链弄蝶亚科 Hcrcroptcrinae	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.79
	合计 Total	8.10	5.26	9.89	6.57	9.48

科 Family	亚科 Subfamily	占生境内个体数的相对比例 Relative ratio of the number of individuals in habitats (%)
科 Family	亚科 Subfamily	生境A Habitat A	生境B Habitat B	生境C Habitat C	生境D Habitat D	生境E Habitat E
凤蝶科 Papilionidae	凤蝶亚科 Popilioninae	25.89	36.61	17.79	9.70	4.15
粉蝶科 Pieridae	粉蝶亚科 Pierinae	2.97	8.50	15.10	48.38	51.14
	黄粉蝶亚科 Coliodinae	16.72	10.92	7.89	2.74	2.27
	合计 Total	19.69	19.42	22.99	51.12	53.41
灰蝶科 Lycaenidae	灰蝶亚科 Lycueninae	4.49	8.70	10.07	7.74	8.19
	蚬蝶亚科 Riodininae	6.68	2.43	0.67	1.47	3.16
	银灰蝶亚科 Curetinae	1.85	1.55	1.01	0.20	0.00
	云灰蝶亚科 Miletinae	0.29	0.13	0.50	0.00	0.10
	合计 Total	13.31	12.81	12.25	9.41	11.45
蛱蝶科 Nymphalidae	线蛱蝶亚科 Limenitinae	13.90	9.78	11.24	5.09	4.34
	眼蝶亚科 Satyrinae	1.41	3.64	10.57	8.33	10.46
	蛱蝶亚科 Nymphalinae	5.22	2.43	1.51	3.62	1.48
	鳌蛱蝶亚科 Choraxinae	6.39	2.56	0.34	0.29	0.00
	丝蛱蝶亚科 Cyrestinae	2.97	3.51	7.55	0.59	0.20
	闪蛱蝶亚科 Apiturinae	2.10	2.56	2.68	1.08	0.59
	喙蝶亚科 Libytheinae	0.49	0.61	2.85	1.67	1.97
	袖蝶亚科 Heliconiinae	0.34	0.74	0.34	2.15	2.07
	合计 Total	32.82	25.83	37.08	22.82	21.11
弄蝶科 Hesperiidae	花弄蝶亚科 Pyrginae	2.88	3.57	8.72	4.02	5.63
	弄蝶亚科 Hesperiinae	5.02	1.69	0.67	2.45	2.27
	竖翅弄蝶亚科 Coeliadinae	0.20	0.00	0.50	0.10	0.79
	链弄蝶亚科 Hcrcroptcrinae	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.79
	合计 Total	8.10	5.26	9.89	6.57	9.48

	生境A Habitat A	生境B Habitat B	生境C Habitat C	生境D Habitat D	生境E Habitat E
生境A Habitat A		0.7801	0.6791	0.6053	0.6266
生境B Habitat B	0.7077		0.6765	0.6083	0.5946
生境C Habitat C	0.5775	0.7816		0.6073	0.6224
生境D Habitat D	0.1352	0.1929	0.3905		0.7177
生境E Habitat E	0.680	0.959	0.3223	0.9733

	生境A Habitat A	生境B Habitat B	生境C Habitat C	生境D Habitat D	生境E Habitat E
生境A Habitat A		0.7801	0.6791	0.6053	0.6266
生境B Habitat B	0.7077		0.6765	0.6083	0.5946
生境C Habitat C	0.5775	0.7816		0.6073	0.6224
生境D Habitat D	0.1352	0.1929	0.3905		0.7177
生境E Habitat E	0.680	0.959	0.3223	0.9733

生境类型 Habitat type	累加物种数 Species cumulative number	平均物种数 Average number of species	累积物种数 Species accumulation	物种累积速率 Species accumulation rate (%)
生境A Habitat A	166.0 ± 6.7^a	27.7 ± 1.1^a	78.7 ± 4.4^a	35.37 ± 1.29^a
生境B Habitat B	137.0 ± 10.2^b	22.8 ± 1.7^b	69.3 ± 5.2^ab	32.94 ± 0.06^a
生境C Habitat C	82.7 ± 4.4^c	13.8 ± 0.7^c	49.7 ± 2.2^c	27.75 ± 1.09^b
生境D Habitat D	100.0 ± 7.6^c	16.7 ± 1.3^c	62.7 ± 4.1^bc	26.56 ± 0.53^b
生境E Habitat E	88.7 ± 10.3^c	14.7 ± 1.7^c	56.0 ± 5.9^bc	26.33 ± 0.92^b
总计 Total	318.0 ± 22.7	53.0 ± 3.8	133.0 ± 10.8	40.00 ± 1.54