Seasonality of Fruit-Feeding Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in a Brazilian Semiarid Area

Table 2

Pearson’s linear correlation coefficients between each of the six most abundant species, total abundance and richness of fruit-feeding butterflies.

	C. sorana	F. glycerium	F. halice moretta	H. februa	H. clytemnestra forbesi	P. phares
C. sorana
F. glycerium	0.4086
F. halice moretta	0.6134	0.9589 ^***
H. februa	0.1552	0.1480	0.1579
H. clytemnestra forbesi	0.6952	0.5852	0.7303	0.3027
P. phares	−0.0877	0.5465	0.4649	0.4974	0.2030
Total abundance	0.047	0.8139	0.9474 ^**	0.2475	0.6713	0.5457
Richness	0.771 ^*	0.3096	0.5007	0.3405	0.7779	0.1988

Significant values for 𝑃<0.05 are in bold. Highest positive correlation values: ^*species versus richness, ^**species versus total abundance, ^***between species.