Species Composition and Visiting Frequencies of Flower Visitors of Chromolaena odorata in a Dry Zone Forest Patch of Sri Lanka

Table 2

Diversity and richness of flower visitor orders in C. odorata stands in Mihintale Sanctuary (MLE: Maximum Likelihood Estimator of Shannon Weiner Diversity Index; M: Margalef’s Index for measuring species richness).

Order	Number of species	Diversity (MLE)	Richness (M)
Coleoptera	2
Diptera	10
Hemiptera	3
Hymenoptera	30
Lepidoptera	32