Butterfly community structure and diversity in Qinling National Botanical Garden, China
- Shaanxi Engineering Research Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Botanical Resources, Xi’an Botanical Garden of Shaanxi Province (Institute of Botany of Shaanxi Province), Xi’an 710061;
Qinling National Botanical Garden, Xi’an 710061;;
Received date: 2020-02-13
Accepted date: 2020-09-18
Online published: 2020-10-12
Abstract
In order to determine butterfly resources and diversity status of the Qinling National Botanical Garden, we used the transect method across three years to observe butterflies within five habitats. A total of 134 species were recorded, belonging to 5 families and 76 genera. The species richness index, diversity index, evenness index and dominance index were 1.3295, 3.4616, 0.7068 and 0.7656, respectively, among them, Nymphalidae had the largest number of genera (33) and species (65), while Papilionidae had only 5 genera and 10 species. Nymphalidae had the highest diversity index (2.8525) and richness index (1.3622). Papilionidae had the lowest diversity index (1.4936) and Pieridae had the lowest richness index (0.2790). The comparison of butterfly diversity indicators in different habitats showed that butterfly diversity index increased with the increase of vegetation richness. These results show an abundance of butterfly diversity, indicating that Qinling National Botanical Garden may be of significant conservation value.
Key words： Insecta; Lepidoptera; butterfly biodiversity; species richness
Cite this article
Lijun Fang, Yujun Zhang, Xiaoyu Xing . Butterfly community structure and diversity in Qinling National Botanical Garden, China[J]. Biodiversity Science, 2020 , 28(8) : 965 -972 . DOI: 10.17520/biods.2020041
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