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. 2020 Sep 25;11(10):661. doi: 10.3390/insects11100661

Table 3.

Inhabiting butterfly fauna observed in four types of urban habitats in Kunming downtown area.

Habitat Habitat Type Common Butterfly Species
Kunming Zoo Mostly unmanaged green space with sparse animal keeping areas Graphium sarpedon, G. cloanthus, Papilio bianor, P. xuthus, P. polytes, Ixias pyrene, Cepora nerissa, Hebomoia glaucippe, Pieris rapae, P. melete, Prioneris thestylis, Delias belladonna, Appias albina, Catopsilia pomona, Eurema laeta, E. hecabe, Gonepteryx chinensis, G. amintha, Danaus chrysippus, D. genutia, Parantica sita, P. swinhoei, Tirumala septentrionis, Euploea mulciber, Vanessa cadui, V. indica, Hypolimnas bolina, Hestina persimilis, Apatura ilia, Polyura dolon, Tongeia ion, Celastrina oreas, Lampides boeticus, Jamides bochus
Yunnan University Carefully managed campus with unmanaged green spaces along hill slopes Papilio bianor, P. xuthus, Ixias pyrene, Cepora nerissa, Appias albina, Catopsilia pomona, Eurema laeta, Parantica sita, Vanessa cadui, Hestina persimilis, Tongeia ion
Kunming street type 1 managed street with various camphor trees Graphium sarpedon, G. cloanthus
Kunming street type 2 managed street with jacaranda trees no resident butterfly species