Butterfly species in myanmar pdf

Relative abundance and status of butterfly species in magway. The familys most notorious species is the cabbage white butterfly, whose caterpillar is a rampant destroyer of cabbages. Two new butterfly species discovered in us live science. Butterflies, along with the moths and the skippers, make up the insect order lepidoptera. This butterfly checklist is a compilation of the list of species of butterflies as documented in the butterflies of the malay peninsula. In order to fulfill this commitment to the convention, myanmar conducted a project entitled national biodiversity strategy and action plan in myanmar nbsap myanmar. India forms a large part of the indomalayan biogeographical zone. Materials are expected more than 100 species belonging to 10 families but it was difficult to identification because of lack of references of this areas. The main cause is the change of satoyama ecosystems, a traditional landscape including secondary woodlands, grasslands.

Mahamyaing wildlife sanctuary is a protected area in myanmars sagaing region, covering an area of 1,181 km 2 456 sq mi. Rhopalocera of kinabalu park, sabah article pdf available in the raffles bulletin of zoology 452. This is a smallsized butterfly with squarelike forelimbs as well. Central america like all insects, the owl butterfly. Zay ye htet, patricia sponsored links sponsored links. It likes to fly during the day in tropical forests.

Forty nine species of butterflies representing five families and thirty six genera have been recorded during the study table 1. Can be distinguished from similar species in the tropical butterfly house by its red abdomen. Fairbanks, alaska a new species of butterfly could provide clues about alaskas geological history and its changing climate, according to a university of florida researcher. Studies on the diversity and abundance of butterfly. With regard to papilionidae, i cannot think of any endemic species, as they also occur in the neighbouring countries, although there are endemic subspecies of some species. The caterpillar feeds on nettles while the adults on flowers, sap, and rotting. It is beyond the scope of any website to cover all of them, but the links below will take you to photographs and descriptions of about 2000 species from all families in all. Burma wildlife holiday with greentours, butterflies.

Introduction of myanmar butterflies i park 2011 entomological. They are highly sensitive indicators of the health of the environment and play crucial roles in the food chain as well as being pollinators of plants. The main cause of their decreasing numbers is overhunting of the rhinos horns and other body parts for medicinal purposes. Nymphalidae showed the maximum species richness, comprising of 20 species 41%, followed by lycaenidae 12 species, 25%. Butterfly activity guide united states fish and wildlife. Maybe lots of new or new recorded species will discover from myanmar. Burma wildlife holiday with tour experts greentours.

The burmese browantlered deer or thamin arkive wm is sometimes considered a full species. It is one of the critically endangered species in myanmar. Species of global conservation importance found in ilws include. The uk has 59 species of butterflies 57 resident species of butterflies and two regular migrants the painted lady and clouded yellow. Butterfly, superfamily papilionoidea, any of numerous species of insects belonging to multiple families. Request pdf introduction of myanmar butterflies i collecting expeditions of insect were conducted in popa resort, myanmar from aug. Wisconsin, indiana, michigan, minnesota, new hampshire, new york, ohio, possibly illinois. Butterflies and moths of myanmar public group facebook. Myanmar, over 1,200 butterfly species have been recorded by kinyon 2004.

Myanmar has total land area of 676 577 km 2, and 50% is covered with forest. Locations you can find this butterfly are thailand to malaysia, philippines and taiwan. Karner blue caterpillars feed only on the leaves of the wild lupine plant. Generally, the order lepidoptera is broken down into two suborders. The blue morpho butterfly morpho menelaus is a species of neotropical butterfly that has iridescent blue wings the females are are not as brilliantly colored as the males and have a brown edge with white spots surrounding the iridescent blue area. New alaska butterfly species may hold clues to climate. The last systematic fish surveys of the lake were conducted in the 1920s and future surveys may find more endemic species.

Heterocera the variedantennaed moths and the clubantennaed rhopalocera, the suborder to which the butterflies belong. When it comes to identifying butterfly species, looks can be deceiving, as the discovery of two new species in texas shows. A group for helping each other to identify butterflies and moths of myanmar and to increase knowledge. It looks like this individual is still standing on the cocoon from which it has just emerged. The undersides visible when the butterfly is resting are brown with bronzecolored eyespots. Knowledge discovery in classification and distribution of butterfly species from dagon university campus, myanmar by rule induction cn2 algorithm ijtsrd ijtsrdcse ece eee free download pdf ieee mini projects usa ieeepapers ieee projectengpaper. Policy and plans to establish british authority in. Many of the butterflies occurring there can also be found in europe, india or malaysia so please check the relevant lists for additional species.

Butterfly museum to open in pyin oo lwin the myanmar times. Relative abundance and occurrence frequency of butterfly species in. The black and white butterfly, is called the paper kite, or large tree nymph. Taxonomic revision of the tribe danaini lepidoptera.

Until recently, only two species of lamproptera were known. Papilionidae papilioninae atrophaneura aidoneus atrophaneura sycorax atrophaneura varuna byasa adamsoni byasa crassipes byasa dasarada byasa latreillei byasa nevilli byasa plutonius byasa polla. Avoid using pesticides that will kill any butterfly larvae that are feeding in the garden and remember to provide water for adults in hot weather. Molecular comparison of species belonging to the genus junonia collected from myanmar was completed using mtdna sequence data from 605bp cytochrome oxidase subunit i coi. This was announced by anant shankar, divisional forest officer wildlife, during the. The two species of lamproptera also have other characters to separate them, particularly the white androconial scales in the anal margin of the hindwing of the male of curius, which are absent in meges, and the green scales at the tip of the antennae of meges, absent in curius. The fauna of british india including ceylon and burma. A new species of himalayan moth eucyclodes gavissima has been discovered in papikonda national park. Most endangered butterflies in the world adobe slate. Knowledge discovery in classification and distribution of. The sumatran rhinoceros is a shy species which only goes far from the protected areas in search of either salt licks or water. Among them, with rare species, manifold butterflies are provided with photos, ecological. Introduction of myanmar butterflies i request pdf researchgate. Six species were sequenced, aligned, and used to construct phylogenetic trees.

Butterflies of myanmar a checklist of all butterfly species found in myanmar. Butterfly diversity in india 7000 443 521 5000 6000 321 6000 6000 3000 4000 no. Molecular comparison of the genus junonia lepidoptera. Field investigations were made to record the diversity of butterflies at six forest ranges in nagarahole national park nnp, karnataka during 2014 to 2015. Indawgyi lake wildlife sanctuary unesco world heritage. There are more than 20 000 species of flowering plants in many forest types. Biodiversity strategy and action plan nbsap to integrate conservation and the sustainable use of biodiversity. Insects unique to myanmar include a stick insect dajaca nigrolineata, a stag beetle lucanus prossi coleopteraatlas, a longhorned beetle glenea pseudoindiana p. Butterflies are nearly worldwide in their distribution.

Manor yard, east lulworth, wareham, dorset, bh20 5qp. The butterflies of russian far east, sakhalin and kuril islands 2019. Two of these are the diurnal butterfly lizard, leiolepis belliana hardwicke and gray 1827, and redbanded butterfly lizard, l. Grassland butterflies are the most threatened and have declined most widely, some with an extremely high rate of decline of over 80% in 40 years. A study to find out the diversity of butterflies at the indian institute of forest management iifm, bhopal, was carried out over a period of six months from october 20 to march 2014. Company limited by guarantee, registered in england 2206468. Moreover, very few serious ecological studies on the lepidoptera of the region have been undertaken and thus very little technical information is available for managers and policy makers to take steps for effective butterfly conservation. It ranges in elevation from 145 to 590 m 476 to 1,936 ft and was established in 2002 in kalay and mawlaik townships. A total of 55 butterfly species belonging to 5 families, namely, hesperiidae 7 species, papilionidae 4 species, pieridae 10 species, lycaenidae species, and nymphalidae 21 species, were.

Lycaenidae of small size as well as large size like papilionidae butterflies recognized in this expedition. Butterfly museum to open in pyin oo lwin the museum will feature mounted butterfly specimens from around myanmar, said an official from htoo foundation, which owns the concession to develop the park. Since 1935 only about 140 valid new bird species have been described, with the reduction in the number of species names by more than 60% over the past 80 years primarily coming about by revisional downgrading of. This chocolate grass yellow is a more typical member of the family. The following is a list of the butterflies of india india has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of lowlying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, islands and continental areas, widely varying flora, and sharply marked seasons.

New butterfly species discovered in israel for the first time in 109 years date. The karner blue butterfly was federally listed as an endangered species in 1992. U ye min oo, the managing director of the foundation, said the museum would exhibit more than 100,000 specimens. Butterflies are a beautiful and important part of the uks wildlife. These butterfly species constitute almost 30 percent of the overall known butterfly species in the world. Florida white common melwhite beckers white spring white checkered white western white veined white margined white arctic white west virginia white cabbage white. However, more recently, little is known about butterflies of myanmar despite being estimated to have 1197 species of butterflies kinyon 2004. Butterfly genus species butterflies are members of the kingdom animalia, phylum arthropoda, class insecta, and order lepidoptera. Look for its reddish brown, fungusshaped chrysalis in the emerging window. The butterflies of russian far east, sakhalin and kuril.

New butterfly species discovered in israel for the first. Types of butterflies names 25 most colorful butterfly. Butterfly species of the tribe junoniini from myanmar. An endemic butterfly found in parts of the western ghats mountain range in india. Having said that, there is certainly a lot of scope for study of burmese butterflies, even for the well known papilionidae. Formerly, and taxonomy of some of myanmars butterflies have been studied. Researchers were trying to understand the genetic sequencing of. Surveys have recorded 448 bird, 41 reptile, 34 amphibian, 64 fish, and 50 butterfly species oikos and banca 2011. The geographic distribution ranges of different butterfly species were categorized on a numerical scale of 15 smallest to largest with some modifications to fit within the study area. There are about 240 butterfly species in japan of which 15% are endangered. This butterfly likes the seashore and mangrove swamps. Professor, department of zoology, university of mandalay, myanmar.