Avifauna in Relation to Habitat Disturbance in Wildlife Management Areas of the Ruvuma Miombo Ecosystem, Southern Tanzania

Understanding of relative distribution of avifauna provides insights for the conservation and management of wildlife in the community managed areas. This study examined relative diversity, abundance, and distribution of avifauna in selected habitat types across five Wildlife Management Areas of the Ruvuma landscape in miombo vegetation, southern Tanzania. Five habitat types were surveyed during the study: farmland, swamps, riverine forest, dense and open woodland. Transect lines, mist-netting, and point count methods were used to document 156 species of birds in the study sites. Descriptive statistics and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to compare species richness and diversity across habitat types. We found differences in avifaunal species distribution in the study area whereby farmland had the highest abundance of avifauna species and lowest in the riverine forest. These results suggest that variations of avifauna species abundance, diversity, and distribution could be attributed by human activities across habitat types; due to the reason that habitats with less human encroachment had good species diversity and richness. Therefore, to improve avitourism and avoid local extinction of species, we urge for prompt action to mitigate species loss by creating awareness in the adjacent community through conservation education on the importance of protecting such biodiversity resources

Butterfly diversity and its relevance to conservation in North-Eastern Tanzania

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On the status of Pseudomylothris Neustetter, a supposed endemic butterfly genus from the Uluguru Mountains of Tanzania (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)

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Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: family Pieridae, subfamily Pierinae

<div><p>This paper, which presents an annotated checklist of the whites (Pieridae: Pierinae), is the third in a series on the butterfly fauna of Mount Kilimanjaro. Four genera (<i>Colotis</i>, <i>Nepheronia</i>, <i>Belenois</i>, <i>Mylothris</i>), with a total of 10 included species, are known to occur within the main forest zone, from c.1800 to c.2800 m. Of the species, only <i>Mylothris sagala</i> appears restricted to the primary forests. The fauna from the lower slopes, below 1800 m, is far richer, with a total of 11 genera and 40 species listed. An identification key to the genera of Pierinae that occur in Tanzania, together with a key to the adults of all pierine butterflies considered to occur or have occurred on Kilimanjaro, with 310 colour images, are included as online Supplementary Information.</p></div

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: family Pieridae, subfamily Coliadinae

<div><p>This paper forms part of a series on the butterfly fauna of Mount Kilimanjaro. Three genera (<i>Catopsilia</i>, <i>Colias</i> and <i>Eurema</i>) with eight species of Coliadinae are believed to occur within the main forest zone. However, of these, one or two may prove to be no more than variants of a third species, <i>Eurema desjardinsii</i>. A fourth conventionally recognized member of the complex may occur on the lower slopes below 1800 m. The widespread species <i>Eurema hecabe</i> occurs on the lower slopes, but records are sparse, and no records of its close relative <i>Eurema floricola</i>, with which it has often been confused, have been found. The need for original field and laboratory research on the taxonomy of African <i>Eurema</i> species is stressed. Keys to adult Coliadinae found in Tanzania, with colour illustrations, are included as online supplementary material.</p> </div

Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Mount Kilimanjaro: Nymphalidae subfamilies Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae and Charaxinae

<p>This paper, which presents an annotated checklist of the ‘lower Nymphalidae’ (Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae, Charaxinae), is the fourth in a series on the butterfly fauna of Mount Kilimanjaro. Four genera of lower Nymphalidae (<i>Danaus, Amauris, Bicyclus, Charaxes</i>), with a total of 11 included species, are known or believed to occur within the main forest zone, from c. 1800 to 2800 m. Of these, only three species of <i>Charaxes</i> (<i>Charaxes</i> <i>berkeleyi, Charaxes ansorgei, Charaxes xiphares</i>) may be restricted locally to this primary forest. The lower slopes fauna, below 1800 m, is considerably richer, with a total of 11 genera and 41 species listed (8 species of which extend into the forest zone). Possible additional species, dubious earlier records, problems with African subspecies of <i>Danaus chrysippus</i>, a need for more work on certain Satyrinae, and classification of the genus <i>Charaxes</i> are discussed. An identification key to the subfamilies of Nymphalidae, and the 19 genera of Libytheinae, Danainae, Satyrinae, Charaxinae that occur in Tanzania, together with a key to the adults of all the species of these four subfamilies considered to occur or have occurred on Kilimanjaro, with 206 colour images, are included as online Supplementary Information.</p