The Ecological Register: Mt. Samsai

Mt. Samsai

Basic information

Sample name: Mt. Samsai

Sample aka: Hunstein Range

Reference: J. H. Cox and T. C. Emmel. 2010. Ecological surveys of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Hunstein Range, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, emphasizing butterfly populations and habitat in the Mt. Samsai area. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 20(2):88-99 [ER 2903]

Geography

Country: Papua New Guinea

State: East Sepik

Coordinate: 4° 31' S, 142° 36' E

Coordinate basis: stated in text

Geography comments: sites are distributed along a single long route
coordinate is the approximate midpoint of stated values
elevation 23 to 1110 m

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Environment

Habitat: tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest

Protection: unprotected

Substrate: ground surface

Habitat comments: "densely forested and almost uninhabited... barely affected by human activities"

Methods

Life forms: butterflies

Sites: 21

Sampling methods: no design, butterfly nets

Sample size: 917 individuals

Years: 2003

Days: 14

Sampling comments: "Lepidoptera were captured by standard netting techniques" between 9 and 22 October 2003

Metadata

Sample number: 3119

Contributor: John Alroy

Enterer: John Alroy

Created: 2018年12月21日 16:32:40

Modified: 2018年12月21日 05:32:40

Abundance distribution

101 species

26 singletons

total count 917

geometric series index: 164.6

Fisher's α: 28.975

geometric series k: 0.9561

Hurlbert's PIE: 0.9712

Shannon's H: 4.0077

Good's u: 0.9717

Each square represents a species. Square sizes are proportional to counts.

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Register

Atrophaneura polydorus 7

Ornithoptera priamus poseidon 4

Graphium agamemnon ligatum 6

Graphium wallacei wallacei 1

Graphium thule 3

Graphium sarpedon choredon 10

Graphium aristeus parmatum 5

Graphium eurypylus lycaenoides 41

Papilio aegeus ormenus 5

Papilio ambrax ambrax 6

Papilio ulysses autolycus 1

Papilio euchenor euchenor 10

Catopsilia pomona crocale 7

Eurema hecabe oeta 18

Eurema blanda sahara 1

Eurema puella diotima 23

Gandaca butyrosa aiguina 8

Elodina hypatia 12

Salatera cycinnia corinna 1

Appias celestina galerus 6

Appias ada thasia 6

Euploea netscheri erana 10

Cepora abnormis euryxantha 1

Delias mysis lara 1

Delias gabia zarate 1

Delias ennia xelianthe 1

Delias ornytion 13

Delias discus apodiscus 27

Tellervo nedusia nedusia 25

Tellervo assarica hiempsal 89

Parantica melusine 7

Euploea leucostictos nemertes 1

Euploea algea tenebrosa 1

Euploea alcathoe coffea 1

Euploea wallacei melia 8

includes two specimens "near" this form

Morphopsis biakensis 4

Hyantis hodeva hageni 15

Taenaris catops westwoodi 58

includes 14 specimens "near" this form

Taenaris bioculatus charon 9

Taenaris dina dina 3

Taenaris myops wahnesi 16

includes 4 specimens "near" this form

Taenaris cyclops cyclops 15

includes 2 specimens "near" this form

Taenaris chionides chionides 1

Taenaris dimona areia 3

Mycalesis duponcelli eminens 12

Mycalesis mucia mucia 14

Mycalesis phidon phidonides 5

Mycalesis elia elia 12

Mycalesis drusillodes 7

Mycalesis cacodaemon cacodaemon 12

Mycalesis comes 4

includes 2 specimens "near" this species

Mycalesis fulvianetta fulvianetta 3

Lamprolenis nitida 15

Hypocysta isis pelagia 10

Hypocysta hygea noctula 4

Mycalesis aleria 2

Elymnias paradoxa 1

Charaxes latona cimonides 1

Polyura jupiter jupiter 1

Prothoe australis hewitsoni 12

Cyrestis acilia acilia 17

Lexias aeropa eutychius 12

includes 8 specimens "near" this form

Parthenos aspila aspila 10

Pantoporia venila anceps 2

Neptis praslini maionia 4

Neptis satina 2

Phaedyma shepardi damia 4

Mynes geoffroyi doryca 1

Mynes anemone 2

Hypolimnas alimena eremita 10

Yoma algina netonia 1

Cethosia cydippe damasippe 16

Vindula arsinoe ada 4

Terinos tethys udaios 38

Cirrochroa regina myra 10

Vagrans egista propinqua 3

Phalanta alcippe cervina 28

Cupha prosope turneri 34

Dicallaneura decorata ostrina 1

Praetaxila satraps satraps 5

Praetaxila tyrannus polyphemus 6

Hypochrysops chrysargyrus 1

Arhopala meander 1

Arhopala thamyrus phryxus 5

Hypolycaena phorbas silo 3

Deudorix sp. 1

"epijarbas group"

Deudorix littoralis 1

Anthene seltuttus seltuttus 6

Nacaduba kurava cyaneira 4

Danis danis apollonius 26

Danis melimnos 4

"ssp. nov."

Perpheres perpheres peri 19

Psychonotis caelius plotinus 2

Sahulana scintillata 1

Jamides aetherialis caerulina 9

Jamides allectuis allectus 2

Jamides reverdini 2

Jamides coritus pseudechylus 11

Epimastidia inops pilumna 1

Callictita ? upola 1

Udara rona rona 1