Butterfly Diversity from Farmlands of Central Uganda

摘要: The aim of this study was to collect information about the diversity butterfly communities in mixed coffee-banana mosaic (seminatural, agricultural) landscapes rural central Uganda. Data were collected for one year (2006) using fruit-bait traps, line transect walk-and-counts, and hand nets. A total 56,315 individuals belonging 331 species, 95 genera, 6 families sampled. most abundant species Bicyclus safitza (14.5%) followed by Acraea acerata (6.3%), Catopsilia florella (6.5%) Junonia sophia (6.1%). Significant differences abundance, richness, butterflies occurred between 26 sites. Farmland visited a variety habitats within around sites, but important included woodlands, fallows, hedgerows, swampy habitats, abandoned gardens, home gardens. highest abundance sites that contained forest remnants. Thus, reserves surrounding fields increased conservation values agroforestry systems butterflies. Their protection from degradation should be priority policy makers since they support species-rich community pollinating cultivated plants. Farmers are encouraged protect increase on-farm areas covered complex traditional agroforests, linear, nonlinear seminatural provide sufficient breeding nectar resources