Butterflies

Spatial conservation prioritisation in data-poor countries: a quantitative sensitivity analysis using multiple taxa

Background: Spatial conservation prioritisation (SCP) is a set of computational tools designed to support the efficient spatial allocation of priority areas for conservation actions, but it is subject to many sources of uncertainty which should be …

Reliability of species distribution modelling for wildlife conservation in developing countries

Species distribution models have become essential tools in ecology and wildlife conservation. However, their reliability when used for conservation management is often compromised by many challenges and limitations, as for example the lack of …

The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera)

Download PDF Ahmed El-Gabbas & Francis Gilbert 2016 The Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene: a butterfly new to Egypt (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Zoology in the Middle East 62:3(279-281) 10.1080/09397140.2016.1202984 The butterfly genus Calopieris Aurivillius, 1898 has only one species: the Desert Beauty Calopieris eulimene (Klug, 1829) (Ackery, Smith, & Vane-Wright, 1985), which is a rare Afrotropical species considered to be one of the most xerophilic butterflies in Africa (T.

Testing the accuracy of species distribution models using species records from a new field survey

Species distribution models are a very popular tool in ecology and biogeography and have great potential to help direct conservation efforts. Models are traditionally tested by using half the original species records to build the model and half to …

Climate-based models of spatial patterns of species richness in Egypt’s butterfly and mammal fauna

Aim: Identifying areas of high species richness is an important goal of conservation biogeography. In this study we compared alternative methods for generating climate-based estimates of spatial patterns of butterfly and mammal species richness. …

Effect of characteristics of butterfly species on the accuracy of distribution models in an arid environment

Species distribution models show great promise as tools for conservation ecology. However, their accuracy has been shown to vary widely among taxa. There is some evidence that this variation is partly owing to ecological differences among species, …

Butterflies of Egypt: atlas, Red Data listing and conservation

There are 61 species of butterfly recorded from Egypt, two of them each with two subspecies recorded, making 63 named taxa in total. Two species are endemic to Egypt. The Sinai Baton Blue Pseudophilotes sinaicus is considered to be Critically …