Butterflies of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam

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.

Sampling

Butterfly specimens were collected in different habitats by hand nets. In additional, butterflies were observed and recorded.

Method steps

1. 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).

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.