Background For residents of East-Southeast Asia’s megacities, interactions with “nature” may be largely limited to interactions taking place in urban parks. Urban parks provide refuges for ecologically-important biodiversity, such as insect pollinators. While residents may be unlikely to notice small insects, butterflies are more likely to be noticed and to provide positive human-“nature” interactions. Engaging residents and city planners in promoting habitat for butterflies is valid conservation practice and has well-understood educational and well-being benefits. Surveying and monitoring is an essential activity to corroborate, improve and communicate the outcomes of conservation practices amongst city governments, scientists and other stakeholders. Here we present the data from a survey of butterflies in urban parks in the megacity of the Bangkok Metropolitan Region as part of the "Urban biodiversity and human well-being in East-Southeast Asia's megacities" project organised by the "Urban Butterflies in Asia Research Network". New information We recorded 51 species of butterflies from ten urban parks in the Bangkok Metropolitan Region. This was more than double the 25 species reported in Bangkok's City Biodiversity Index application. However, this was lower than that recorded in other megacities in Southeast Asia, such as Kuala Lumpur at 60 species. Most of the butterflies recorded were common and widespread species. DNA barcodes are provided for most of the butterflies sampled.

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泰国曼谷都会区城市公园中的蝴蝶

背景 对于东亚-东南亚特大城市的居民来说，与“自然”的互动可能在很大程度上仅限于城市公园内的互动。城市公园为具有重要生态意义的生物多样性提供避难所，例如昆虫传粉媒介。虽然居民可能不太可能注意到小昆虫，但蝴蝶更有可能被注意到并提供积极的人与“自然”互动。让居民和城市规划者参与促进蝴蝶栖息地是有效的保护做法，并且具有众所周知的教育和福祉效益。调查和监测是在市政府、科学家和其他利益相关者之间证实、改进和交流保护实践成果的一项重要活动。在这里，我们展示了曼谷都会区特大城市城市公园中蝴蝶调查的数据，这是“亚洲城市蝴蝶研究”组织的“东亚-东南亚特大城市的城市生物多样性和人类福祉”项目的一部分网络”。新信息 我们记录了来自曼谷都会区 10 个城市公园的 51 种蝴蝶。这是曼谷城市生物多样性指数申请中报告的 25 个物种的两倍多。然而，这低于东南亚其他特大城市的记录，例如吉隆坡的 60 种。记录的大多数蝴蝶是常见和广泛的物种。为大多数采样的蝴蝶提供了 DNA 条形码。新信息 我们记录了来自曼谷都会区 10 个城市公园的 51 种蝴蝶。这是曼谷城市生物多样性指数申请中报告的 25 个物种的两倍多。然而，这低于东南亚其他特大城市的记录，例如吉隆坡的 60 种。记录的大多数蝴蝶是常见和广泛的物种。为大多数采样的蝴蝶提供了 DNA 条形码。新信息 我们记录了来自曼谷都会区 10 个城市公园的 51 种蝴蝶。这是曼谷城市生物多样性指数申请中报告的 25 个物种的两倍多。然而，这低于东南亚其他特大城市的记录，例如吉隆坡的 60 种。记录的大多数蝴蝶是常见和广泛的物种。为大多数采样的蝴蝶提供了 DNA 条形码。