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Table 2.

The percentage cover of plant species and the number of Zizina otis and Zizeeria maha roosting on these species

Percentage cover of plant species (%) No. of roosting Zizina otis (with percentage shown, %) No. of roosting Zizeeria maha (with percentage shown, %)
Tridax procumbens 5.9 570 (45.3) 145 (54.4%)
Vernonia cinerea 1.7 459 (36.5) 76 (28.6%)
Other plant species 92.4 228 (18.1) 45 (16.9%)
Emilia sonchifolia 3.5 59 (4.7) 25 (9.4)
Mimosa pudica 6.4 61 (4.9) 2 (0.8)
Fimbristylis dichotoma 0.3 29 (2.3) -
Kyllinga brevifolia 14.4 22 (1.8) -
Youngia japonica 4.7 21 (1.7) 5 (1.9)
Axonopus compressus 27.2 8 (0.6) -
Digitaria 7.7 7 (0.6) 1 (0.4)
Ixeris chinensis 1.4 7 (0.6) 6 (2.3)
Imperata cylindrica 6.8 6 (0.5) 1 (0.4)
Eragrostis amabilis 11.6 3 (0.2) 3 (1.1)
Sporobolus indicus 3.9 2 (0.2) -
Kyllinga nemoralis 3.4 1 (0.1) 2 (0.8)
Ageratum conyzoides 0.2 1 (0.1) -
Hedyotis corymbosa 0.1 1 (0.1) -
Conyza bonariensis 0.8 - -