Inventory of butterflies at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
Marrone GM. 2005. Inventory of butterflies at Badlands National Park, South Dakota
A butterfly study was conducted at Badlands National Park (BNP) during the flight season in 2004. The purpose of the survey was to document species diversity and determine the presence or absence of three species listed by the U.S. Forest Service as sensitive species: Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia), Ottoe Skipper (Hesperia ottoe), and Arogos Skipper (Atrytone arogos). A brief synopsis of these three species is included in Appendix A. This study also provides recommendations to resource personnel so land management practices can be developed that will promote and/or enhance the existence of native butterfly species. There are approximately 14,500 species of butterflies worldwide, with almost 700 of them occurring in the United States and Canada (Scott 1986). One hundred seventy-seven species have been reported for South Dakota, of which 50, 127, and 59 are documented for Jackson, Pennington, and Shannon counties, respectively (Marrone 2002). In Ode and Backlund (1999), a biological inventory of the Badlands Bombing Range located in northeastern Shannon County, this author reported thirty-six butterfly species, including the Regal Fritillary.
- Type
- Unpublished Report
- Authors
- Marrone, Gary
- Date of Issue
- 2005-10
- Units
- BADL
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Animal Studies, Butterfly, Distribution (Biodiversity), Insect, Inventory, invertebrate inventory, Invertebrates, Management, Monitoring, Presence (Biodiversity), Taxa List Only, Wildlife Management