Butterfly Diversity and Abundance in the Middle Afromontane Area of Northwestern Ethiopia

Table 1

Environmental variables of study locations.

Study locations	Latitudes	Longitudes	Altitude (m)	Temperature (°C)		Annual total rainfall (mm)	Area (ha)	References
				Min	Max
Tara Gedam	12°07″N	37°47″E	2217–2457	8.7	30.5	1300	875	[22]
Alemsaga	11°55″N	37°56″E	2180–2470	15.0	30.0	1300	814	[23, 24]
Mount Bezawit	11°36″N	37°23″E	1801	10.0	32.0	850–1250	5000	[21, 25, 26]

In Mount Bezawit, the Millennium Park is found which was established since the turn of Ethiopia's 21^st century and in the present study, Mount Bezawit includes Peda Campus's riverine forest, Bahir Dar University, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Bezawit borders east of the Blue Nile River (locally known as Abay River), and Peda Campus is found west of the river. Only a part of the 5000 ha was covered in the study, which was a part adjacent to the campus, not the entire riverine area. Various habitats were studied at each location using transects.