The spatial patterns of the variability of the appearance dates of the honey bee Apis mellifera L. (Hymenoptera: Apidea) and the small white Pieris rapae (L.) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) were investigated in Spain. A database of more than 7,000 records of the dates of the first spring sightings of each species in more than 700 localities from 1952-2004 was used. Phenological data were related to sp...

The butterfly fauna of Silent Valley National Park (SVNP) and its buffer zone in Kerala is discussed. Of the 335 species listed from Western Ghats (WG) 326 Kerala, 269 were recorded inside boundaries core SVNP, while an additional 21 confirmed making a total 290 as aggregate for SVNP environs. This included 19 Papilionidae, 26 Pieridae, 85 Nymphalidae, one Riodinidae, 82 Lycaenidae, 77 Hesperii...

The present study was conducted to understand the butterfly diversity in Sangla Valley of Kinnaur District Himachal Pradesh, India from April 2015 March 2018. A total 40 species butterflies belonging 33 genera and five families were recorded study. From observed butterflies, family Nymphalidae most dominant among with 20 species, followed by Lycaenidae comprising 10 Pieridae 07 Papilionidae 02 ...

Urban areas are increasing globally, providing opportunities for biodiversity researchers to study the process in which species become established in novel, highly disturbed habitats. This ecological process can be understood through analyses of morphological and genetic variation, which can shed light on patterns of neutral and adaptive evolution. Previous studies have shown that urban populat...

Butterflies are elegant, beautiful, and charming insects due to their colourful squamate. They a great source of economic beautification indicators for biodiversity agroecsystem. In addition this, they more important pollinators flora than the flies moths. An investigation several locations in Taluka Larkana with goal collecting as many specimens butterflies was carried out from March July 2022...