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Is Cut-Flower Industry Promotion by the Government Negatively Affecting Pollinator Biodiversity and Environmental/Human Health in Uganda?

Table 19

Preliminary list of other pollinators recorded in farmland/grassland habitats surrounding the four flower farms during the course of the study.
OrderFamilySubfamilySpecies, morphospecies, and doubtful identification Abundance*
ColeopteraChrysomelidae Eurythenes sp.1.3
ColeopteraMelolonthinae Peritrichia albovillosa (Schein) 0.6
ColeopteraNitidulidae  Meligethes variabilis (Reitter) 2.2
ColeopteraScarabaeidae  Rhabdotis sp.?2.5
DipteraAgromyzidaAgromizinae Melanagromyza sp.6.3
DipteraCalliphoridaeCalliphorinae Hemigymnochaete varia 5.3
DipteraCalliphoridaeRhiniinae Rhinia apicalis? 3.0
DipteraCalliphoridae Chrysomyinae Chrysomya chloropyga 15.4
DipteraLauxaniidaeLauxaniinae Lauxania sp.10.6
DipteraMuscidae MuscinaeMusca sp.47.8
DipteraSarcophagidaeSarcophaginaeSarcophaga inaequalis 50.9
DipteraSarcophagidae Miltogramminae Hoplacephala tesselata 8.5
DipteraSyrphidaeSyrphinae Allobaccha sp.51.3
DipteraSyrphidaeSyrphinae Betasryphus adligatus? 79.6
DipteraSyrphidae Syrphinae Allograpta nasuta? 116.7
Diptera Bibionidae  Bibio turneri (Edwards) 16.2
Diptera BombyliidaeBombyliinaeBombylisoma sp.82.8
Diptera Calliphoridae Chrysomyinae Chrysomya regalis (Desvoidy) 41.1
Diptera Calliphoridae RhiniinaeRhyncomya cassatis (Walker)67.0
Diptera MuscidaePhaoniinae Atherigona addita (Malloch)7.9
Diptera Muscidae MuscinaeMusca lusoria (Wiedemann)27.6
Diptera MycetophilidaeMycetophilinaePhronia sp.27.3
Diptera Sarcophagidae MiltogramminaePterella sp.52.7
Diptera Syrphidae Eristalinus laetus (Wiedemann)38.6
Diptera Syrphidae Phytomia natalensis (Macquat)76.4
Diptera Syrphidae Senaspis haemorrhoa (Gerstacker)58.8
Diptera Syrphidae Milesiinae Phytomia incisa (Wiedemann)118.3
Diptera Syrphidae  Metasyrphus sp. 151.8
Diptera TachinidaeGoniinaeAplomya sp.156.0
Diptera Tephritidae Neoceratitis sp.86.3
HymenopteraFormicidaeFormicinae Acantholepis sp.3.5
HymenopteraFormicidae FormicinaeAnoplolepis sp.5.3
HymenopteraFormicidae FormicinaeCamponotus sp.8.9
Lepidoptera NymphalidaeNymphalinaeHypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus)0.7
Lepidoptera NymphalidaeNymphalinaeJunonia hierta cebrene (Trimen)1.0
Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Byblia ilithyia (Drury)0.6
Lepidoptera Nymphalidae NymphalinaeVanessa cardui cardui (Linnaeus)0.5
LepidopteraHesperiidaeCoeliadinaeCoeliades anchise anchise (Gerstaecker)0.4
LepidopteraHesperiidaePyrginaeCelaenorrhinus proxima proxima (Mabille)0.7
LepidopteraHesperiidaePyrginaeSpialia dromus ( otz)0.4
LepidopteraHesperridaeHesperiinaeAcleros mackenii (Trimen)0.4
LepidopteraHesperridaeHesperiinaeGegenes hottentota (Latreille)0.6
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeAnthene amarach (Guerin)0.9
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeAnthene butleri (Oberthur)0.3
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeAnthene larydas (Cramer)0.2
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeAnthene lunulata (Trimen)0.4
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeCacyreus palemon palemon (Stoll)0.6
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeCupidopsis cissus (Godart)1.1
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeCupidopsis jobates (Hopffer)3.2
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeEuchrysops osiris osiris (Hopffer)10.8
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeLeptotes pirithous (Linnaeus)2.4
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeZizeeria knysna (Trimen)1.3
LepidopteraLycaenidae PolyommatinaeZizula hylax (Fabricius)0.5
LepidopteraLycaenidaePolyommatinaeZizina antanossa (Mabille)0.5
LepidopteraLycaenidae Leptosia nupta nupta (Butler)0.4
LepidopteraLycaenidae TheclinaeHypolycaena hatita ugandae (Sharpe)0.3
LepidopteraLycaenidae TheclinaeIolaus poultoni (Riley)0.3
LepidopteraNymphalidae DanainaeAmarius ochlea (Boisduval)0.4
LepidopteraNymphalidae DanainaeDanaus chrysippus L.0.3
LepidopteraNymphalidaeLimenitinaeByblia anvatara acheloia (Wallengren)0.2
LepidopteraNymphalidaeLimenitinaePseudacraea boisduvali (Doubleday)0.4
LepidopteraNymphalidaeNymphalinaeJunonia stygia gregorii (Butler)6.8
LepidopteraNymphalidaeNymphalinaeJunonia terea elgiva (Hewitson)0.2
LepidopteraNymphalidaeSatyrinaeBicyclus safitza safitza (Hewitson)2.0
LepidopteraNymphalidaeSatyrinaeYpthima antennata antennata (van Son)0.3
LepidopteraNymphalidae Hamanumida daedulus 0.2
LepidopteraNymphalidae Junonia eonone eonone (Linnaeus)0.3
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea zetes Hewitson 0.2
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea acerata (Hewitson)0.4
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea acrita (Hewitson)0.4
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea aganice (Butler)0.2
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea cabira (Hopffer)0.8
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea eponina (Cramer)0.3
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea neobule (Doubleday)0.9
LepidopteraNymphalidae AcraeinaeAcraea zonata (Hewitson)0.3
LepidopteraPapilionidae  Papilio demodocus (Esper)0.7
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaeBelenois thysa (Hopffer)0.6
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaeColotis antevippe zera (Lucas)0.2
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaeLeptosia alcesta (Bernardi)0.8
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaeMylothris agathina agathina (Cramer)0.8
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaeNepheronia argia (Suffert)0.4
LepidopteraPieridaePierinaePontia helice johnstoni (Crowley)0.5
LepidopteraPieridae ColiadinaeCatopsilia florella (Fabricius)0.6
LepidopteraPieridae ColiadinaeColotis danae (Fabricius)0.3
LepidopteraPieridae ColiadinaeEurema brigitta (Stoll)0.7
LepidopteraPieridae ColiadinaeEurema hecabe solifera (Linnaeus)0.5
LepidopteraSphingidae Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus)0.7
LepidopteraSphingidae Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus)0.6
LepidopteraSphingidae Leucostrophus hirundo (Gerstaecker)0.4
LepidopteraSphingidae Macroglossum trochilus (Hubner)?0.3
Total visitations: average numbers of individuals counted collecting floral resources (nectar/pollen) on flower patches/180 min/24 h (night or day) across the 4 flower farms during faunistic surveys of 2010–2012.