Description
The dataset of butterflies of Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park is constructed based on the results of the Vietnam national research project, titled " Research on biodiversity of Son Doong cave system in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Quang Binh province for conservation and sustainable development”, coded DTĐL.CN-113/21, supported by the Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology, conducted by the Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 386 records.
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GBIF Registration
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Keywords
Butterflies; Quang Binh; Phong Nha - Ke Bang; Rhopalocera
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Geographic Coverage
The Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park is located in Quang Binh province, central Vietnam. The park covers 123,326 ha, including 03 sub-zones: strictly protected sub-zone (100,296 ha); ecological restoration sub-zone (19,619 ha); administrative service sub-zone (3,411 ha). The largest cave named “Son Doong” is inside the park. The Fauna and Flora of the Park are very rich. There are more than 250 species of butterflies. The survey of butterflies was carried out in 1999 and recently in 2022 and 2023.
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [17.44, 105.899], North East [17.694, 106.324] |
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Project Data
Butterflies of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park were studied in Thuong Hoa commmune, Minh Hoa district in 1999, and Tan Trach and Thuong Trach commues, Bo Trach district in 2022 and 2023, Quang Binh province. There are more than 260 species of butterflies recorded in the park.
| Title | Butteflies of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park |
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| Funding | The Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology under the grant ĐTĐL.CN-113/21 |
| Study Area Description | The studied areas were Thuong Hoa commmune, Minh Hoa district, and Tan Trach and Thuong Trach commues, Bo Trach district in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park. The Park is located in the middle of the Annamite Mountain Range in Quang Binh province, Viet Nam, and shares its boundary with the Hin Namno Nature Reserve in the Lao PDR to the west. The area of the Park is 123,326 ha containsing terrestrial and aquatic habitats, primary and secondary forest, sites of natural regeneration, tropical dense forests and savanna and is rich in large, often spectacular and scientifically significant caves. The most significant cave in the studied area is Son Doong cave, considered the larst cave in the world. |
| Design Description | The studies of butetrflies were carried out in April, May, June in years. Butterflies were collected by hand nets in difenrent habitats from opne areas to natural closed forest; butterfly species and their abundance were also observed and recored long paths in the forest habitat, grass and shrub, agrcultural and along stream habitats, inluding forest in the cave. |
Sampling Methods
Butterfly specimens were collected in different habitats by hand nets. In additional, butterflies were observed and recorded.
| Study Extent | The main study of the project was in 2022 and 2023, but the study was also used data in 1999. The species list of butterflies of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park has been published in two papers in Vietnam. Vu Van Lien. 2016. Butterfly species list of Minh Hoa, Quang Binh. VNU Journal of Science: Natural Sciences and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 2 (2016) 47-57 Vu Van Lien, Vu Quang Con, Pham Nhat Tan. 2023. Composition and diversity of butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in Son Doong cave and its vicinity, Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park. Proceedings of the 11th Vietnam National Conference on Entomology. Agricultural Publishing House. Hanoi, pp. 108-121. |
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Method step description:
- The species list of butterflies was based on collected specimens and researcher observation in the field. Identification and nomenclature of butterflies were referred and taken by/from Monastryskii & Devyatkin (2015; Vu (2016), Vu et al. (2023).
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | 956a2b04-efc2-479c-949f-4a3e089e879a |
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