Butterflies have proven to be excellent indicators of the disturbance and biodiversity of habitats. Cuban butterflies are well known taxonomically, but the state of knowledge of their ecology is still insufficient and no studies have been carried out in some ecosystems. Here we characterize and compare the richness and diversity of butterfly assemblages associated with secondary forest and secondary thicket habitats in Jardines de Hershey, Mayabeque, Cuba. 86 butterfly species belonging to five different families were found. The forest assemblage was found to be the richest and with more evenness, which could be related to the presence of forest-exclusive butterflies in these patches. There is a high similarity in species composition due to the proximity of the sampling sites, and we detected no differences in abundance in the dry season, but there were differences in the humid season related to different abundance peaks of common species in both habitats. Abundance patterns of regularly observed species were similar in both habitats, except for the genus Calisto, and differences in these patterns could be related to habitat preferences of these species. The forest assemblage was more stable in time than the thicket assemblage, presumably due to a more stable environment. The locality could represent a shelter for butterfly fauna in a highly modified urban landscape. Further work should focus on the influence of environment in the diversity and replacement of the assemblages, and in the fauna of adjacent, more conserved forest patches.

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古巴玛雅贝克克Jardines de Hershey受干扰的栖息地内蝴蝶组合的多样性

事实证明，蝴蝶是栖息地扰动和生物多样性的极佳指标。古巴蝴蝶在分类学上是众所周知的，但是对它们的生态学的了解仍然不足，并且尚未在某些生态系统中进行任何研究。在这里，我们表征和比较与古巴玛雅比克的Jardines de Hershey的次生森林和次生灌木丛栖息地相关的蝴蝶组合的丰富性和多样性。发现了属于五个不同科的86种蝴蝶。人们发现森林组合最丰富，更均匀，这可能与这些斑块中森林专属蝴蝶的存在有关。由于采样点的临近，物种组成具有高度相似性，而我们在干旱季节没有发现丰度差异，但是在湿润季节存在差异，这与两种生境中常见物种的丰度峰值有关。除了Calisto属以外，两个生境中定期观察到的物种的丰度模式都相似，并且这些模式的差异可能与这些物种的生境偏好有关。森林集合在时间上比灌木丛更稳定，大概是由于环境更加稳定。该地区可能是高度修饰的城市景观中蝴蝶动物栖息地的庇护所。进一步的工作应集中在环境对物种的多样性和替代以及邻近，更受保护的森林斑块的动物群的影响上。除了Calisto属外，两个生境中定期观察到的物种的丰度模式都相似，并且这些模式的差异可能与这些物种的生境偏好有关。森林集合在时间上比灌木丛更稳定，大概是由于环境更稳定。该地区可能是高度修饰的城市景观中蝴蝶动物栖息地的庇护所。进一步的工作应集中在环境对物种的多样性和替代以及邻近，更受保护的森林斑块的动物群的影响上。除了Calisto属以外，两个生境中定期观察到的物种的丰度模式都相似，并且这些模式的差异可能与这些物种的生境偏好有关。森林集合在时间上比灌木丛更稳定，大概是由于环境更稳定。该地区可能是高度修饰的城市景观中蝴蝶动物栖息地的庇护所。进一步的工作应集中在环境对物种的多样性和替代以及邻近，更受保护的森林斑块的动物群的影响上。大概是由于环境更稳定。该地区可能是高度修饰的城市景观中蝴蝶动物栖息地的庇护所。进一步的工作应集中在环境对物种的多样性和替代以及邻近，更受保护的森林斑块的动物群的影响上。大概是由于环境更稳定。该地区可能是高度修饰的城市景观中蝴蝶动物栖息地的庇护所。进一步的工作应集中在环境对物种的多样性和替代以及邻近，更受保护的森林斑块的动物群的影响上。