Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

This study was conducted to record the butterfly fauna along the Raub Corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang. A series of field samplings was conducted for three consecutive days in October and December 2014, and again from January till March 2015, at three different altitudes, i.e. at 400 to 500 m (lowe...

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Main Authors:	Suhairiza Suhaimi, Aisyah Zakaria, Azman Sulaiman, Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, Norela Sulaiman
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Language:	English
Published:	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/1/22878-66117-1-SM.pdf

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spelling	ukm-130412019-06-12T21:48:23Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/ Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia Suhairiza Suhaimi, Aisyah Zakaria, Azman Sulaiman, Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, Norela Sulaiman, This study was conducted to record the butterfly fauna along the Raub Corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang. A series of field samplings was conducted for three consecutive days in October and December 2014, and again from January till March 2015, at three different altitudes, i.e. at 400 to 500 m (lower altitude), 750 to 850 m (middle altitude), and 1000 to 1250 m (higher altitude) within the study area. The butterflies were randomly collected in the day time between 0900-1700 hours by aerial sweeping using the butterfly net. A total of 716 individuals from 138 species in five families (Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae and Hesperidae) and 14 subfamilies (Papilioninae, Nymphalinae, Satyrinae, Danainae, Morphinae, Coliadinae, Pierinae,Riodininae, Miletinae, Poritiinae, Lycaeninae, Pyrginae, Hesperiinae and Coeliadinae) were recorded. At the higher altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.683, evenness index, E’=0.5936 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 13.0. At the middle altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.226, evenness index, E’=0.442 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 9.756. At the lower altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.917, evenness index, E’=0.6128 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 14.72, respectively. The highest species diversity, species evenness and also species richness indices were recorded at the lowest altitude i.e. 400 to 500 m above sea level. Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/1/22878-66117-1-SM.pdf Suhairiza Suhaimi, and Aisyah Zakaria, and Azman Sulaiman, and Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, and Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, and Norela Sulaiman, (2017) Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia. Serangga, 22 (1). pp. 123-145. ISSN 1394-5130 http://ejournals.ukm.my/serangga/issue/view/1063/showToc
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description	This study was conducted to record the butterfly fauna along the Raub Corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang. A series of field samplings was conducted for three consecutive days in October and December 2014, and again from January till March 2015, at three different altitudes, i.e. at 400 to 500 m (lower altitude), 750 to 850 m (middle altitude), and 1000 to 1250 m (higher altitude) within the study area. The butterflies were randomly collected in the day time between 0900-1700 hours by aerial sweeping using the butterfly net. A total of 716 individuals from 138 species in five families (Papilionidae, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae and Hesperidae) and 14 subfamilies (Papilioninae, Nymphalinae, Satyrinae, Danainae, Morphinae, Coliadinae, Pierinae,Riodininae, Miletinae, Poritiinae, Lycaeninae, Pyrginae, Hesperiinae and Coeliadinae) were recorded. At the higher altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.683, evenness index, E’=0.5936 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 13.0. At the middle altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.226, evenness index, E’=0.442 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 9.756. At the lower altitude, the Shannon Diversity Index was H'= 3.917, evenness index, E’=0.6128 and Margalef's Richness Index, R’= 14.72, respectively. The highest species diversity, species evenness and also species richness indices were recorded at the lowest altitude i.e. 400 to 500 m above sea level.
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author	Suhairiza Suhaimi, Aisyah Zakaria, Azman Sulaiman, Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, Norela Sulaiman,
spellingShingle	Suhairiza Suhaimi, Aisyah Zakaria, Azman Sulaiman, Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, Norela Sulaiman, Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
author_facet	Suhairiza Suhaimi, Aisyah Zakaria, Azman Sulaiman, Mohd Zabidi Mohd Yaakob, Mohamad Afiq Aizat Juhary, Norela Sulaiman,
author_sort	Suhairiza Suhaimi,
title	Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
title_short	Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full	Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
title_fullStr	Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia
title_sort	species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the raub corridor to fraser’s hill, pahang, malaysia
publisher	Pusat Sistematik Serangga, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13041/1/22878-66117-1-SM.pdf
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Species diversity and abundance of butterfly (lepidoptera: rhopalocera) at different altitudes along the Raub corridor to Fraser’s Hill, Pahang, Malaysia

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