Butterfly Species Diversity in Protected and Unprotected Habitat of Ise Forest Reserve, Ise Ekiti, Ekiti State

Table 1

Butterfly species diversity in the study areas.

SN	Protected area				Unprotected area
	Family	Genus	Freq.	%	Family	Species	Freq	%
1	Acaridae	Acraea lycia	20	3.0	Acaridae	Bemadistes umbra	5	3.1
2		Benatistes alcinve	17	2.6		Acrarea jolutta	4	2
3	Danaidae	Amauris hecate	6	0.9	Danaidae	Danaus chrysippus	4	2
4		Danaus limniace	11	1.7	Hesperiidae	Gorgra aretina	9	5.1
5	Hesperiidae	Gomalia elma	22			Gorgra minima	7	4.1
6		Coeliades chalybe	17			Eritis melania	11	6.1
7		Eagris denuba	9			Anthene lachares	9	5.1
8		Xanthodisca astrape	20	3.0	Lycaenidae	Telipna acracea	9	5.1
9		Gorgyra heterochrus	9	1.4		Iolaus curisus	7	4.1
10		Kedestes protensa	23	3.5		Cacyreus audeoudi	9	5.1
11	Libytheidae	Libythea labdaca	7	1.1		Liptena flavicans	4	2
12		Harma theobene superna	9	1.4		Spindasis menelas	7	4.1
13	Limenitidinae	Cymothoe beckeri	20	3.0		Neptis nemetes	5	3.1
14		Hypolycaena nigra	14	2.1		Eurphura chalcis	2	1
15	Lycaenidae	Azanus ixis	11	1.7		Cynandra opis	4	2
16		Spalgis lemolea	23	3.5		Precis chorimene	7	4.1
17		Citrinophila marginalis	25	3.8		Precis oenone	9	5.1
18		Liptena august	17	2.6	Nymphalidae	Bebearia zonara	5	3.1
19		Micropentila dorothea	23	3.5	Papilionidae	Graphium pylades	5	3.1
20		Appias sabina	9	1.4		Graphium leonidas	9	5.1
21	Nymphalidae	Cymothoe egesta	28	4.2	Pieridae	Eurema brenda	7	4.1
22		Eurphene plautilla	23	3.5		Castopsilia florella	7	4.1
23		Bebearia zonara	17	2.6		Belenois theora	7	4.1
24		Hamaniida daedalus	6	0.9		Eurema hapale	4	2
25		Psudacraea striata	5	0.8		Eurema britta	5	3.1
26	Papilionidae	Graphium antheus	31	4.7		Leptosia hybrid	4	2
27	Pieridae	Appias sylvia	20	3.0	Satyridae	Elymnias phegea	7	4.1
28		Mylothris chloris	25	3.8		Bicyelus dorothea	4	2
29		Belenois calypso	14	2.1			176	100
30		Castopsilia florella	17	2.6
31		Leptosia medusa	23	3.5
32		Nepheronia thalassina	18	2.7
33	Satyridae	Ypthima doleta	14	2.1
34		Hallesis asochis	17	2.6
35		Bicyclus funebris	20	3.0
36		Melanitis parmeno	17	2.6
37		Elymnias bamboo	11	1.7
38		Bicycus xeneas	23	3.5
39		Bicycnus italus	20	3.0
			661	100