Research Article
Insect Diversity of the Muni-Pomadze Ramsar Site: An Important Site for Biodiversity Conservation in Ghana
Table 1
Butterfly species recorded over the entire survey period.
| Species | Yenku Block A | Yenku Block B | July | January | June | July | January | June |
| Euryphene barombyna | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Euryphene sp. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra sarcoptera | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra edwardsi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphedra hapalyce | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra eleus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra medon | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra crockeri | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra xypete | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euphaedra sp. | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eurytela dryope | 12 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pseudoacrea sp. | 9 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 0 | 1 | Pseudoneptis ianthe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pseudoneptis sp. | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Diestogina feronia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neptis melicerta | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | Neptis agatha | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 4 | Neptis metella | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Neptis merosa | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Neptis seeldrayersi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Salamis anacardii | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Junonia terea | 43 | 3 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 6 | Junonia oenone | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 60 | Junonia octavia | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | Junonia sp. | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | Gnophodes chelys | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gnophodes betsimena | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kallima rumia | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phalanta phalanta | 13 | 6 | 29 | 75 | 3 | 66 | Ariadne enotera | 8 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Aterica galene | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Aterica sp. | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Byblia achelola | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Byblia sp. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hypolimnas salmacis | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Hypolimnas missipus | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Hypolimnas dinarcha | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acraea epaea | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 13 | Acraea zetes | 4 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 13 | 65 | Acraea terpsichore | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Acraea pseudolycia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acraea doubledayi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acraea egina | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Acraea sp. | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 11 | Bematistis epaea | 4 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | Hallelesis haliwa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hallelesis sp. | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ypthima itonia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bicyclus zinebi | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Bicyclus safitza | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | Bicyclus auricruda | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mycalensis safitza | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Mycalensis sp. | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Bicyclus vansoni | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bicyclus condamini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bicyclus vulgaris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Papilio demodocus | 18 | 8 | 21 | 112 | 11 | 66 | Papilio dardaunus | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Papilio nireus | 23 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Papilio bromius | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Graphium policenes | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Papilio menesthius | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Amauris niavus | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Amauris egialea | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Amauris sp. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Danaus chryssipus | 2 | 125 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 7 | Danaus limniace | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eurema brigitta | 17 | 8 | 9 | 206 | 5 | 40 | Eurema senegalensis | 9 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 11 | Eurema hecabe | 6 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 11 | Eurema lisa | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Eurema brenda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eurema sp. | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Colias philodice | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pieris rapae | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | Pieris sp. | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | Nepheronia thalassina | 18 | 15 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 29 | Nepheronia argia | 22 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 35 | Nepheronia sp. | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leptosia alcesta | 21 | 8 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leptosia medusa | 18 | 10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Leptosia sp. | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Appias phaola | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dixeia astarte | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | Dixeia cebon | 8 | 3 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 3 | Colotis erone | 9 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 13 | Colotis danae | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | Colotis evippe | 12 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 7 | Colotis antevippe | 18 | 2 | 24 | 20 | 3 | 85 | Colotis evinina | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 62 | Colotis eunoma | 4 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Anthocharis cardamine | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Belinois calypso | 68 | 15 | 87 | 12 | 8 | 66 | Belinois creona | 32 | 5 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 20 | Belinois theora | 16 | 1 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 14 | Belinois gidica | 18 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 2 | Belinois aurota | 14 | 3 | 12 | 21 | 0 | 9 | Belinois theuszi | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Belinois hedyle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Catopsilla florella | 78 | 29 | 31 | 21 | 21 | 69 | Catopsilla sp. | 42 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 16 | Euronia cleodora | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mylothris chloris | 56 | 71 | 34 | 23 | 1 | 8 | Mylothris poppea | 34 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 19 | Mylothris sp. | 51 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Mylothris rhodope | 17 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 26 | Charaxes varanes | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Charaxes protocrea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charaxes etheocles | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charaxes brutus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Charaxes tiridates | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charaxes cynthia | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Charaxes zelica | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Euxanthe eurinome | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Castalius carana | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | Lycaena helloides | 2 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 0 | Lycaena sp. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 0 | Meza indusiata | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Euchrysops albistriata | 5 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 39 | 25 | Osmodes adon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Spalgis lemolea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Poecilmitis chrysaor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthene sp. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Pyrrhiades lucagus | 61 | 103 | 76 | 7 | 0 | 51 | Amblyscirtis vialis | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Lerodea sp. | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Hesperia leonardus | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Hesperia sp. | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Oeneis polixenes | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Coliades chalyba | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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