BUTTERFLY SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT HABITATS OF M’SILA REGION, ALGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.4314/jfas.v11i3.17Keywords:
Forest; Rhopalocera; M'sila; Pieridae; Diversity; Species.Abstract
Investigations of the Rhopalocera fauna in M’sila region were carried out in four different type of habitats (agricultural, steppe , forest, and ruderal areas) . Surveys were allowed to collect a total of 1139 mature butterflies rounded up in nineteen species. These species were belonging to five families from which the most represented was those of Pieridae 714 (62.7% ) .While the Nymphalidae family was the most diversified family 28.6 % of the observed species .The forest habitat was the richest biotope in butterflies species (S = 16 ). Agricultural and forest habitats showed the highest degree of similarity in species 0.72 between habitats.Butterfly species richness was correlated with habitat selection.
A first list of the butterflies of M'sila is given based on this study.
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2019-08-29
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SAAD, A.; BOUNACEUR, F. BUTTERFLY SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITY IN DIFFERENT HABITATS OF M’SILA REGION, ALGERIA. Journal of Fundamental and Applied Sciences, [S. l.], v. 11, n. 3, p. 1292–1308, 2019. DOI: 10.4314/jfas.v11i3.17. Disponível em: https://jfas.info/index.php/JFAS/article/view/67. Acesso em: 30 jan. 2025.
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