Relationship between Lemon Emigrant Butterfly Catopsilia pomona (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Population Dynamics and Weather Conditions in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand
Keywords:
Catopsilia pomona, weather conditions, climate change, population dynamics, Khon Kaen ProvinceAbstract
The lemon emigrant butterfly Catopsilia pomona is one of the most common pierids in Southeast Asia. In this study, we examined the relationship between the weekly abundance of C. pomona and weather conditions to predict how this butterfly species might respond to climate change. We estimated the density of individuals in each life-history stage of C. pomona every week from November 2014 – October 2015 in Bueng Niam Subdistrict, Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen Province by Pollard’s walk. We built predictive models for the butterfly densities to investigate factors determining the densities and predicted effects of climate change on the butterfly population. Our models indicated that the egg and caterpillar densities exhibited a positive relationship with the densities of the previous week, whereas the adult densities did not. The butterfly densities were also associated with the air humidity in the caterpillar and adult stages and with the air temperature in the egg, caterpillar and adult stages. Moreover, the models predicted that climate change in the late 21st century will increase the abundance of and extend the oviposition period of C. pomona.
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Forister, M.L., McCall, A.C., Sanders, N.J., Fordyce, J.A., Thorne, J.H., O’Brien, J., Waetjen, D.P., and Shapiro, A.M. 2010. Compounded effects of climate change and habitat alteration shift patterns of butterfly diversity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 107:2088-2092.
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Khoosakunrat, S. 2016. Population Dynamics of The Lemon Emigrant Butterfly (Catopsilia pomona) in Ban Bueng Niam, Khon Kaen Province. Master’s thesis, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand, 115 pp. (in Thai)
Kleijnen, J.P.C., Bettonvil, B. and Van Groenendaal, W.V. 1998 Validation of trace-driven simulation models: a novel regression test. Management Science 44:812-819.
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Kwon, T.S., Kim, S.S., Chun, J.H., Byun, B.K., Lim, J.H. and Shin, J.H. 2010. Changes in butterfly abundance in response to global warming and reforestation. Environmental Entomology, 39: 337-345.
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Orr, A. and Kitching, R. 2010. The Butterflies of Australia. Allen & Unwin, Australia, 336 pp.
Parmesan, C. 2006. Ecological and evolutionary responses to recent climate change. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, 37:637-669.
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Pollard, E. (1977) A method for assessing changes in the abundance of butterflies. Biological Conservation, 12: 115–134.
Pollard, E., Yates, T.J. (1993) Monitoring butterflies for ecology and conservation. London: Chapman and Hall. 292 p.
Ramesh, T., Jahir Hussain, K., Satpathy, K.K., and Selvanayagam, M. (2012). A Note on Annual Bidirectional Movement of Butterflies at South-Eastern Plains of India. Research in Zoology, 2:1-6.
Robinson, G.S., Ackery, P.R., Kitching, I.J., Beccaloni, G.W. and Hernández, L.M. 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. Available from http://www.nhm.ac.uk/hosts (Date of Access: October 26, 2017).
Roy, D.B., Rothery, P., Moss, D., Pollard, E. and Thomas, J.A. 2001. Butterfly numbers and weather: predicting historical trends in abundance and the future effects of climate change. Journal of Animal Ecology, 70:201-217.
Van Swaay, C.A.M., Brereton, T., Kirkland, P. and Warren, M.S. 2012. Manual for Butterfly Monitoring. Report VS2012.010, De Vlinderstichting/Dutch Butterfly Conservation, Butterfly Conservation UK & Butterfly Conservation Europe, Wageningen, the Netherlands, 12 pp.
Tamburini, G., Marini, L., Hellrigl, K., Salvadori, C., and Battisti, A. 2013. Effects of climate and density-dependent factors on population dynamics of the pine processionary moth in the Southern Alps. Climatic Change, 121:701-712.
Visser, M.E and Both, C. 2005. Shifts in phenology due to global climate change: the need for a yardstick. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, 272:2561-2569.
WallisDeVries, M.F., Baxter, W., and van Vliet, A.J.H. 2011. Beyond climate envelopes: effects of weather on regional population trends in butterflies. Oecologia, 167,559-571.
Warren, M., Hill, J., Thomas, J., Asher, J., Fox, R., Huntley, B., Roy, D., Telfer, M., Jeffcoate, S., and Harding, P. 2001. Rapid responses of British butterflies to opposing forces of climate and habitat change. Nature, 414:65-69.
Wilson, R.J., Gutiérrez, D., Gutiérrez, J. and Monserrat, V.J. 2007. An elevational shift in butterfly species richness and composition accompanying recent climate change. Global Change Biology, 13:1873-1887.
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CHAIANUNPORN, T. and KHOOSAKUNRAT, S. 2018. Relationship between Lemon Emigrant Butterfly Catopsilia pomona (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Population Dynamics and Weather Conditions in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand. Tropical Natural History. 18, 2 (Sep. 2018), 97–111.
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