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KeshabShrestha'),BhaiyaKhanal1),andPuspK・ShresthaI) ·  ̄Tフ シ」 ⑤ 嘘が、ロpar月 】型F1塾 1,1M〔clllmlNepal,lhissIudVwdlHcmrriedouIinParsarcgionwhichis200kms()uth()(Kathmandu・

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Page 1: KeshabShrestha'),BhaiyaKhanal1),andPuspK・ShresthaI) ·  ̄Tフ シ」 ⑤ 嘘が、ロpar月 】型F1塾 1,1M〔clllmlNepal,lhissIudVwdlHcmrriedouIinParsarcgionwhichis200kms()uth()(Kathmandu・

第10期プロ・ナトウーラ・ファンド助成成果報告書(2001)

INSECTFAUNAANDTHEIRCONSERVATIONINTROPICALNEPAL

KeshabShrestha'),BhaiyaKhanal1),andPuspK・ShresthaI)

Summary

Tropicalre8ionismuchdisturbedpartinNepalmosllyduetooverpopulationpressureandrapid

deforestatioll・Thou8hNepalisre8ardedrichinHoralandfaunalweallh,sludyofsuchresourcesismuch

ne81ectedmouterHimalayare8ion・Thusastudywasdesi811edtoexploretheinsec(faunaandtheirrelationto

foresthabitati、outerfOothillofKoshiintheeast,ParsainlhecenlerandKarnaliilllheweslofNepaLThestudy

comprisesfollowing(iveobjecIives,(i)tomakesuweyofil1sectinKoshi,ParsaandKamali(Kailali)re8ionsof

NepalwiIhtheirstaIusmnature,(ii)losurveyplanlsassociatedwiOlmsectsofKoshi,PaIsaandKamaliregions

ofNepal(iii)topreparemapsofsurveyareas(iv)toemphasizeimporlanceareasforconservationandmama8e‐

ment,and(v)torecommendproperconservationmeasuresAIotaloflO2,116,124speciesofbutterfliesand71,

93and91speciesofotherinsectswerereporIedfromKoshi,ParsaandKamaliareas,Atotalof538speciesof

plants,ofwhichthreenewtoNepal,arereportedfromtheshldiedareas、FivenewreportsofinsecIscontaining

onehemiptemamdfourcoleoptemwerecollecledfromKamalire8ion.

LCD(wノ印'"prlノ!",anympalidbulterflywascollectedforIhefirsttimefromcentralNepalinParsaas

itsformerreportcomesolllyfromeasternNepaLConcemin8themallagementandcolIservationaspecIs,

KoshiTappuWildlifeReserveofKoshilleedsspecialattentiontobringfirmnessintheconservationef‐

forls、ArtificialwatersourcesneedtobeconslructedindifferentpotentialsitesofParsaWildlifeReserve・

ThishelptoaccommodatemanywaterlovillginsectsandbutterHies、ForesIsalon8thebeltofKamaliriver

anditstributariesneedprotection・Stlictrulesalldre8ulatiollorthedevelopmentofcommunityforest

havebeenfeltinthisregion・Thishelptoshelterrichdiversityofinseclsandbutterflies.

Background

TropicalpartsofNepalisthemostpopulatedre8ioninNepaLMi8rationofpeoplefromhilland

llldiaisuncontrolled・Mostforestareasareunderpressurealldcleanedlomakeshelterforthem、Porests

aremndomlyutilizedfortimber,fuel,fodder,medicineetc・Duetothesethe8oodhabitatforiI1sectis

decliningandapointmayarisewheninseclpopulationwillbedecreaseandextinctbeforetheirrecording・

Lessattentionhasbeel1paidtoelIumemleinsectfaullaalldtheirfoodplanIsinNepalandouterfoothillis

llotexception・ItisseriouslyfeltthatadetailstudyoninsectfaunaoftheIropicalre8ionhasbeencarried

out・Vegetationistheessentialaspectofinsectfortheirexistenceinllature,

Intllepresentstudythreeregionhasbeenselectedasrepresentativeareas・TwoareasonKoshi(Map

1.)alldoneKarl1ali(Map3.)havethebi8gestriversyslemsinNepal・Parsa(Map2.)inthecentralNepal

hasalsoRaptiriver・ThustheseriversarisingfromtheHimalayahasmuchimpactinthecompositionof

floraandfaunaintheseregionsofNepal.

l)Nalu「alHis【o「yMuseum,TribhuvanUnivcrsi【y,KatbmalIdu,Nepa1

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Page 2: KeshabShrestha'),BhaiyaKhanal1),andPuspK・ShresthaI) ·  ̄Tフ シ」 ⑤ 嘘が、ロpar月 】型F1塾 1,1M〔clllmlNepal,lhissIudVwdlHcmrriedouIinParsarcgionwhichis200kms()uth()(Kathmandu・

グ月〃//r屋クノガ

iJWZ

唖グノ〃

KoshiarealiesineastNepalundertheeasterndevelopmentre8ioIl()(Koshizol1e、ArunandBarun

ori8inatingfromnorIhemsidemergeouIwiIhfiveotherriversIomakeIheuniIedrivercalledKoshiriver、

Thisbeltisdensely(orestedprovidingpreferablehabilatsforman)'fIomalldfilunaincludin8theplentiful

ofinsects・ThesouIhenparIofKoshire8ioncontinuetotheflatlalldoflndiantel・rilory、Thellorlhernpart

continuetothemoulltaillousandllimalayanre8ionsacrosstheoIherdisIricIofllimala>'anborderillthe

northernNepal、Thceastemparl8oesintoMechizone,whichisborderlinelolhewestBen8alofIndia、

Koshiregionencompasses(ivepolilicaldistriclsofwhichSankhuwasabhadisIrictmakesborderlineto

China、SunsariandMoran8areIheotherdistrictsofKoshi、KoshiTappuWildli(eRcservcislhewellknown

protectedwetlalldareaofNepall)'inginSunsaridistrictborderill8Momn8oI1thesouth,jhapainIheeast,

MahotariandBhojpuronIhewestandDhankutainthenorlh・II1secldiversityiSvcr)'richinthispart・Most

ofIhefloraand〔aunaexisIin8illthisreserveareoflhekindspreferrin8weI1alldhabitaLOursludyin

Koshifocusedalon8thebelIofKoshiriverincludin8rivuleIsmer8ill8toKoshi(illallyandcomprises

lropicalandsublropicalclimate、

Theforestinthisre8ionare,(i)ever8reentropicaland(ii)mixeddeciduoustypcs・The(ormerIypes

includesforestarolIndriverbeltandinbhawarareas・MainforesIcompoI1enIs【lreDmルclWnsjssolJ,Amcin

cqfecノ11(,DC"小!なccル、,M"(lCorm(/b/jmandAルノzi`cノlijIe"sis,Tra0jM1l〃0m,ルMoMsノ)/iノノノノノノノe"esis,Syzjgj1"〃

CII)"ノノリi(?IC・KoshiTappuWildlifeReservehasthreebiolo8icalhabitatwhichincludes8mssland80.0%,

wetland12.9%andforest6.3%,COmmonlyobservedgrasslandvegelaIionalongtheriverbankofthis

reserveillcludedSHcc/川)M)ルノ)ノノmgl)l"estype、TheotherlypeincludesSlJccノlMIl")【,TWノノ、,l))リjcmmalld

Cy"小oノノ08ロルThecommonplantspeciesareL(【'1m'1nm"ler、,EIIノノnlorill"lomomm,ノノノo"loPHco"”,Zjz〃〃(s

"ノロノイriMmnandCノerodc)ldro)l【)lscosll"1.ThewetlandpIalltdominantinlhisparlareCノmmsノルHy(ノrノノノas丹

I/Erlicjノノ(1,s必E/cノノノノor"/(wllssi/jFs,lVlノノ"ノノノノ(wllollcノ川ノノ,M?/""11)0'11((i/bmM(ノ7iノノ〕ノ!(ICノビノ)ハロ"""e、

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 ̄Tフシ」◆

⑤■

嘘が、ロpar月

】型F1塾

1,1M〔clllmlNepal,lhissIudVwdlHcmrriedouIinParsarcgionwhichis200kms()uth()(Kathmandu・

MOSIC[tlMJnrcn()iI〕d1rsdlregionisd()millmtedbydenselywo(〕。(p(mrcasshowingver>'gooddiversit)'o(

various(]()「`1s『dlIl8ingfromsmallllcrbsIobi8I「〔pesofdif(erel1lsmtus、ThewarmclilI1MicCollditionand

varied(|()rdhtIHI()dl(〕shelter1〕lenIiiulspcdcso(illsecIsmll8in8(rolIwervcommllol1tosi8ni[icantcollser‐ゾ

vatiol1poil1t()n'ilPws、Uniformallillldillallい'eloi300mexcel北l1Cht】inp111・],500mhils(lcCommodatedlhe

insectsofdi([c1℃I1tllmbilatl>'pesincllldilll;Il1oseofriverinclo1℃SIS,shadedareas,o}〕e、(M℃as,grasslallds,

dense(()restcIcRapIirivercrosseslhisre8ion・Thereccntm()uI1miI1(ormation,thcChuriaorSiwalik

rall8(JrunsthroughI11cloresIs()fthiHl,arsmrc8ionSouIhernsideofthisregionisbordel・edtoBirganIlhc

gatewaytoNc})il1・OI1cetheareawd1swellknown(oritsexcellenI〔orestcolldiIionsandlheuniquefauna

existill8helr・Tl1isregioncollsistoiChll「iaolllhenorth,midbhilwdrareaalldsouth〔」Drnd111uvial(latlalld・

Most()「Iheparlo{tluisnewlv(ormcdm()lInminiscoveredwiIhHoodve8etation・BhawarisspecializedinJ

havingsM1d,pcbblcsKmdsIonesandisfol・medbytherivercollrscscomingout(romlhcSiwalikmoutaill

svstcm、This【】reaisnoIsuitedfora8ricullllre」mpormI1tIrees[oundillIhispar⑱1℃S/I()rMrol)IIS、,D(lルビノWq

sjss()0,Aα『(Wl(wl(,(,ノllletc、BelowlheblmwarareaistheconIil1uationomIIuvialfIaI1an〔|which8oeslothe

Indianbordcrt(〕Ihcsouth・ParsnrcBionisinfluellCcdb)'Iro1)imlclimate・RegardingthclorcstCondition,

mbout20ソ(》()it11clnl1dofthisp(lrIhiwewrygoodloreslc(wemgcOnIhebasisoiclimaticc(〕Ildilioll,lhree

maint)'peso「((〕resIexisIhcrc・Thcsci1r(Dncwl・iverinc((〕『〔PSI,〔)ldriverineforesIandbhaw【lrorChuria

(orcsL

Ncwriverine(oresIisdevel()peddlIetoIhedeposiIiol1()「「erlilesoilbr(〕ughtb>'rivercoursesin

differentarct1s()(thisregioIl・Wal・mclimaIealldgoodminhaslcdlo8rowdeI1seforeslillsuchareas・Old

riverilleforesloccllrringinlhispt1rtisliIlleelevaIedfromth(privercollrses・Ploodduringmonsoontimes

doesnota(化cIthis(oresIhardwoodい'(pr8r〔penforestis(oul1dilltllisparLSノノoru(urol)lイslllinthedominal1I

(oresto(area」nildditionIothis,l〕()"()(((〔'ルロ,ハルjzmsノノ.,Alノノ"(l〔()r(/(/l)ノルL、?''"j"(]ノノ(l(1ノ(llll,D(ルノW(1M/i)ノ、,

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Te)"ノノ川ノハICノノビbll1(1,7.Mノノricnarealsocommol1.I〕esidesIherichdiversit)'ofinsecIs,Ihisdlreaistllsorichin

otherfaullatllldbirds・Amon8iI1tercsIin81l1ammalsfoundinIl1ispi1rtareelephant,Ii8cr,benl.,Ieopard,

wildcat,iackle,lox,bluebuⅡ,swam1)。(Per,spotIeddeer,8《lurbison,}〕orcupine,wildboar,fourhomed

antepolealldl1ares、Prominentreplilcs()fIhispartarekillgcobm,c()brd1,pyIhonal1dcrocodile・SOI】letimes

these(allnami8ralcIonearbydislricIo(Cl1itwan,whichprovidcswrygoodallddiverscllnbimI(ormany

wildanimals」nIercslin8birdsobservc(lhe「eareiun8alfowl,ph⑥1SilnlS,Ion8miledma8I)ie,dron8os,swal‐

Iows,serpcnIca81elapwin8s,warblers,robilldayal,doves,wild})igeonseIclmpormI1IbuIter(liesre‐

porIedhe1℃i1r(Wノ!y"'"sp.,lWljSsI).ilnd1)(り)ノノノ()sp・ImpormnIbceIlesMem"isf"5s/).,S(lノノlil1llssルノ)s('MノMノFS

SノルSjSyノノノ11(55ルDr(,/)イリノlocFrl(ss1).andmi1I1ymore.

、殖11

、ヒー

回)Z風

Hf〃'6〃

KarI1mliriv〔prborderesKailmlidisIricIinlhewesIal1dl)iurdimdisIrictinIheeast、Kilrndlliriverhas

manydiversi(icaliollillIhebordcrsidc()「IlardiaNaIiol1alParki1I1dcomposedman)'smaⅡriverislands、

Thisareaol(ermi1lly(actorsforIherichncsso(insectdiversily・InKi1ilalidistriclChodaChodilake(150m)

providevariMIlilbimtspreferredbymilllyillscclspecies・Thisis`lllIUCNprotectedlilkeaccommodatin8

mixed(orcsIar()llndal1dissliⅡlensIdisIIIrbedarea・Geogr(1)〕hictlll)',lhenorlherIlpdl川1dd5itsalIitude

andcol1IinuesI()mim>'moulllaillousdisIricIsuptoIhehi8herelい'mli()luofjumladisIricl()(Mi〔IwesINepal、

ThisbringsIoInlClw1gesiI1theve8emIi()lMmdtheshelterin8ins(PCIspcciesalldother(M1、《lcxisIinghere

dependuI)onsllcIwe8etatioll・Climl1Iicc()I1ditiollilwer)'CO()linsllchdlreas・Thesoutherll1)《】rIolKamali

re8iollCollIinll(PIolhcGreatlndit1I1p1MI1makin81eastdif(erenc()Hillll1eelevatioll、SumlIwrisver>'hotalld

vegelatiolll)aIlerl1isalmostsimil【lrwitllIhechamcteristicSloHllハ'ivciIIwarmandhllmidc()11〔IiIiolls・Due

tothepreHcnC(PC(Hoodvegelatiol1《lndweMhcr,southernbelI()「Kilrllalire8ionrepres〔、IIIs8oodillsect

diversilyasC()l】Ipilre(IIothenorlhe「Ilbell.

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RoyalBardimNillioI1alPa「kencompt1ssedbyKarnalire8iol1iswellprotectcdandmainminedfor

uniquefloraandfallnacharaclerislictosublropicalclimaIiczoIles、ThiHl〕arkcoversaIlareao[968sq、km,

whichalsoil1cludcsIhcllewlyformcdmoullmillsystemofSiwalikorCl1uriamll8es、DueIoIhcpresence

ofmulti(ariouspIa川Ispecies,IheinsecIfaunapresentherearenumerousalldinlerestin8,andkeeps

si8nificallcesaspreviollsworksoI1insecIsarelnckingfromlhisparl・TheKarnalirivcr,which()ri8inates

fromthenorIhernllimilIa)'aalldTibeI,a(IerrGlchin8C11icapanimakcsIribul【】riesinIhreepIacesviz、Sati,

Rajal)urandMohanariverso(Ihis1℃gion、Manyparlso(Kamaliregiollsd1resIillbeyondourexpIoraIion

duetolhcincreasill8ncIiviIiesofIcrrorisLThemainconcernofKarnmlircgiollislheincreasingdeforesta‐

IionmIes・HiⅡand、()llllmillolls1〕eop1essmrtcdtomi8mteIoKarMli'Mertilea1℃aswllenGovemment

openeditssettlemelltpro8rilma(lcrclearillgIheexistin8111xuriousforesIsofIhis1)ilrt.'〕esidesIhis,many

peop1esmigmtchc1℃,cleiwcdllptheforests(orIheirrequiremenlsloexIelldtheira8ricultumlpmcIices

andtoestablishedIhcirownbusiness.Sode(oresIalionmIeisver>'extensiveinIheseareas、RoyillBardia

NatiollalPark,I1owhasmadciIsexlellsionkcepingilwicwtocollservertlreandendimgeredfloraand

faunaoccllrrin8herc・MallyllniqucandinIerestin8mammalslikeollehornedRhinoceros,BeI18alTi8er,

BIackbuck,AsiaIicl】lephnllteIcarc「oundinIheforesto(Karllalire8ion.IntereslillgrepIileslikeCToco‐

diles,Gharial,Kin8Cobrd,alldmanyothersl)ecieSexisthere・Thisre8ionislhepamdiscforbirdandinsect

enIhusiasIs、Ver>'mrcmammalslikcriverD()1pI1insarellumerousinIhispi1rI、Insecldiversityshownby

thisstud)'isrcmarknblcnlollgI11cbeltoftheriverineforesIofKamali.

StudiedAreas:

a)II1Koslli,lIahari,KoslliTal〕l)uWildlifeRcseハ'e,Pmkashpur,Rajabash,Ch(Ikm811aIi,Ramdhuni,Chatara,

Kusaha,Ri1jabas,Chllini1masm,I〕i1mllchheIm,Tribeni,Simlc,Lamibi18ar,Piula,Lunibil8ar,Anderi8hat,

Pakhribaas,DhankuMillldBasi111m1〕ur.

b)InParsm,Adh(war(1)mrsaWildlikReserve),Niumalbasli,Patllaiyi1,Amlekhgani,Hetauda,Bhaise,

Bhimphedi,Mamh`Iri,Chainl〕urloIl1ar,Sunachari,Churia,1,mml)ur,Machim,TccnPil〕IealldBir8ani.

c)hIKamali,TikaI)u「,Khar8war,SalIi,Rajapur,KoIhia8hat,Mohalla,Iamki,ChodmChodiLake,Chisapani,

Kachali,I〕l1rigaon,Thnkllrdwarn,Lalmilli,Simkund,KaImChhinlldChhMiwall.

Methedology8

Abovemcllti()、〔Pdp1acesw〔、rい'isiIedlwoIimesina)'〔Parindi(化reI11seas()11s、lBullerfIiesal1din‐

secIswerccollccIcdbyswce1〕illgIheinsecIncLWaIemeIwasllsedtoC()ⅡeclaqunIicillsccts・BemIill8and

sweepin8methodwns(oll()we(1(o「IhoseinsccIsshelleredinshTubsalldl「ec-bmllches、LighIImpwasalso

usedIoc()IIectllightiI1seCIs」I1sccIsillhabiIillgiI1dung,excreIor)'malIcrSwcremkClldirecI1〉'b)'forcep

andkiⅡcdtlleminkillin8boIllc.F()()〔IplanIs()(moslofIhcinsecIswercid(mIi[iedinlhc(ield・SomeofIhe

inscctswereidenIiIi(xlb)'いⅡ)'iIMHwilhlhcspccimenspreservedatIhcNalllriu1Ilist()r>'Museum,T・Uand

Entomol(〕8)'SccIi()11(NARC),KmIhmandll、LiteraIurcscollsulled(()rtheidellIilicationswereas

follows:Anada,(?ノ(11.(lリ78),Alldrew(1935),Arr()w(1917,1925,1931,193リ),Dislant('002,1004,1906,1908),

P1etcher(1リ14),Powlwe(1912),I(《】bll(l967Mlcoby(1908),Kal〕oor(Wlノ.(lリ78),Kirby(1914),Kimoto(1972,

1973,1979,1981,]リ82),Kimot()andTakimwa(1981),L)'iIerber8(lリ76),Numam(1983),Shrcstha

(1980,1982,1999),andTeIsueall(lShil1i(1999).ForidellIilicalionofI)ImnIssl)ecies,seeds,flowerin8and

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ve8etativeparlsworcc()ⅡecIcd,dmdidelltiliedinthefieldml1dintheNnlllmIllisI()ryMuseumusin8the

literaturesofMaheshwmri(lリ66),ShresI1wmdCorvillus(2000),Sh1℃51hm(198`l),I)()Iul1inandSIainIon

(1984)andSmillIoI1(1988).BllIIer(lieswercidelltifiedwiththehel})()lSmiI11(108リ),Khallalal1dSmith

(1997).lnsecIsandplmnIsarede11osiIedil1thcMuturalIlisIorVMuscum.

Resultanddiscussions

a)Koshire8ioll

InKoshire8i()ni1lom1()[173sl)ecicsoilllsecIsalud2リ7pIalutsI1l1HbcenrcporIcd・Themoslc(〕mmon

andprevalentbuItcr[Iicsspecics()ccllrrin8illlhispartincllldeljl(1)ノOUI派()r(,,ljllr(,"l(リノノ(,(wl)(,,C(110ノ)sノノi(J1)ynl'11ノリc

andOW(】/jllSrosj"l()'1」《iM℃sp()Ci(psreC(Drdediwelルノノ(7s/"ISi(ノノ()(,,Y/)lノli'川IAllS|lil)ljrlI,ノ《(l|)(llll川,Clj【)jllll,ルノ)losnl

)】j"(1,N【law/11【www【'll〔、IC・ThcIoMIHI)eCiesrepo「IedillIhisre8iollcol1lcSl()bcl5ツ1,o(1hct⑪lalspecics(645

species)(()uI1dinN('1〕411.M〔)5t()(lllespcciesocCurrill8illIhiSparIbcl()118t()IropicillClilI1Mict)'})esandare

saidtobcoriclltnlsI〕cCi()s」I1Ihehill〉'rc8ioI1o(KoshispeCic5sllchasC('1ノノ()Si(11)iI)A'5,1川!/l〃(I"11ノググノノイ1,1)'1/)ノノj(〕

"18)llloll(wll(lLoxI(rMllノノノl"(1s,!)/(,rだI)ノ測詔jclJ(,,whiIebutterlIicHwhichw`1s、()I(〕bscハ'c(lillKoshiTdppuWild‐

IifeReservearel1ulMr()usinl,nkhTibnsalldArullriverside./WIlsノ)1ノノwlt,,alloricnmIspecicswmsverV

commol1nloll8thebclI(〕[Arlll1`lndKoshiriver・ThisbuIlerflyshowssexutIIdimor1)hM1・IIhi1sIwo8eIル

eratiollsinayeiw.C⑪Il1mollam()111;theconlm(〕I1estspeciesobservedill()lIrstlld)'iLiljl()wllIlh,c(11)(,、This

specicswnsfoundmⅡrjctedI(〕|c:''1】linolIspldlI11soccurringinwildnndculIivMedl)(〕1h.Cllsmlil(gr()s〃)10",

asmalll)'caenid,wnswPr)'nbulldnnliI1KoshimppuinAuglISI,buIiIwklsw「>'s〔ilr〔、〔lurill81iM1ua>'inlhe

sameyci1r、Tl1ispl・ovidcdllsawryl3oodconclllsionthatlhcwinIerset1soI1clleck〔〕redthe8rowIl1o(legu‐

minousp1imIsinIhispllrlwhicllil1slImmerht1dlllxuriousgrowllllhusillc1℃d1sinBIh('1)(〕|)lllationo(OIslllノjllsrOSl''10仏

DurillgsummcrIimc

lnsectorderrepresentingpercentageofspeciesDiversityinKoshi Region

1%7

1% 5 6

1口Lepidopte「a

2■DicIyopte「a

J□Dermopte「a

4DHemime「a

5■Coleopte「a

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inf1uellccdIollourish・Amonl3l1lccommollillsecIsrecordedinIlliSsedls()IMlreCo(てi)IF/AIS(,/)l()/),イノlcmm,

B)w"lllSSIlll(w】ノノ5,C())l()(Yリノルi1llsCi【)/(川"1,Pノノi1〔)ノ)o)l(J1)ir"l(1)ljmcIc、ThescnlでmllCole()1)IcroninsecIswhichaIso

existinKarnaliiM1dKoshirc8ion.CノlノMlnlsノノ(,Wbristhcolllyri1rcspcciesrccordcd(romthispnrt・Amon8

thehcmipIcrons,Mノ1(,sillll/)“L(ソ)l()α〕rjzllzclll(1,LoMlWllll(/j§alldノノ)ノljll11j"小M1((o()dp1imt-Tr〔’ll1imllllMom)

arecommonspeci〔、s」nsectsp〔Dcicsshowcdincreasin8(「()m29Io43inl,llrsilinS(DpIuIllberIhal1inFebru‐

ary.

C)KarI1alircgion

Karllalire8i()nwasexplorcd(romcverycorneraloll8IhebelIo「Kilrllalirivcrmndilssidetribumries

which8oesupt()lheMohkUr`lriwr()(IndianUlmrPradeshsmIcs・Tl1isrcl;iollpr(widedvariedh41bilatsfor

diversilicdbuttcr(lyspecicsrnnI3iIl8[romIllcsmalllycaenidstolhebil;pal〕il〔〕s・I)llrin8Ihelirstphase

studyo(Karnalirel;i()nil1midsllmmerIimebeforethemollsoonrcwi11(xlI11ccxisI(、l1ceofspccic;ofbut-

ter(1)'cale8orizedllllderdifkrel1I(mmilies・Amollgthemrespecics()bservedthcredurin8tllisIimein‐

cludcsY1)lノノノ"lロハ(76ノノI)lⅢ1,s!/"11)ノノ(I(,(1)w'1(】is,Cr(】1)ノノノl()〃Clイr05,1】11/"l"i(15ノノ1ノノ)(w"llis〃イlimdClイr(,"Sl)lイノノs・T11isre‐

gionisalmoslwilhIlleuni[()rmiI>'inalliIudillallevelaludhasforest()(dil(erenlI)'1)cslikemixcd(oresI,

deciduos[oresI,い'cr8reel1IoresmIl〔Iriverine(oresLBoIhIhcoldandnewriveriIlc(()restexisIillIhepar1.

Many(oresIedarcanr(pt11s〔)rlII1,bylheloctllcommuniIicsll1dlillIaillillexccⅡcllIc(〕nditi()11.CommoI1but‐

lerfIiesexistill8inlh(、Sc(oresIa1℃〃(,C/S(lllllM(1,D(7)M1(S(、ハrl/Ssj/)11s,[).8(YllllhI,I)(り)i1i()(ムリ"ohlイs,CmI(V〕sj1ms必

Ell)で"l(lノl(?〔Wl)F,C()'1('ノ)l(prlノノノノリ(11"lli,1)(1)110/)oグルlノノ()r(ノo"in,Ziz(Wnl〃I,Jノ1,('1(,.N〔〕uI1demicqndproIacIcdspecies

wereseenexisIin8inlllisre8i()ndllrin8firstphasepro8mm、

Bilrdiaellcompi1sscsollc()「lhelar8eslNationall,arko(midwcslNeI>t11.Tl1isNatiolliHlParkhas

playedaviIalrolet()pr〔)Ieclm(111yvilluableinseclspeciesinwild・Chis1〕d1niison(PC[Ihepotenlialsitefor

manyinsectspecics、SiIualedonIhcbanko(Karllalirivcr,ChisapanisIiⅡIl1ainMinsg()od(orcstedareas・

Ve8elaIionlikeDlルノW(IsjS()(》S/1()川,l1rol)"sl(1,C(1sSm/isM(landmanyl)'1)c品o[8rilsscsi1redomiIwlIinthis

part・BuItcr(Iicslikcl〕llr(リ"(lノノ(,(w(/(,nlldC(,|)()r(1)l(WssIwwcrc(ollndabulldnIltl)'inthiHl)ilrt、Cooddiversilyof

insecIswereobservcdatLalmatidlrei1o[RoynlBardiaNatiolmll,ark・AI()mIo(26月11cciesofbutIerHies

wererecorded(romI11eweⅡmM1m8cdforeslo[Chisapalliml1dLalmMiiwenH・NexIp()I〔DnIialsite(orinsect

inKarnalire8ionisIl1cSnliKarnt1liiwea、Ver)'goodforcsIruI1bylhel()cnlsexiSIhcrc、OllrsIud>'rい'ealed

theexislellceof23spccieso(buIIcr(liesil1IhiscommlIniIy(orestc()wrill8alli1reao(l39hcclors・Rare

speciesofbuIlerllics()bscrvedlleremreYノ)ノノノノ"l(llh7sノノ"ljr(landハィノノ!/"l(151〕・Olle()(Ihcmostpotel1tialsiIefor

oursI11dy1)rogmmwns(oundinChodaghodilakeofKailniDistricI,MidwcstNcpal、ThisisaproIected

lakeb>'lUCNandhi)svcry8()od[()resIedMeasaround、Aboutl5spccics()fblluer[lieswerefoulldinthis

parIdurin8our[irslphnsepr()gmmheldinlhcmonlhofMa)'・InLalim《lli(()1℃st,1)'cacnidbuIter(IyOlsllI/jl"l

roSl"10〃wasalSo()bs(Prved、ThisspcCiesisIhemostcommons1)ecicsinKoshiregion・CnSl(l1ilイsr()sjl"o〃is

notsocommonillLi1limaIiare(llikeinKoshiregion・RarespeciesofbllIIer(lyreporlc(IinLalimaIiforestis

Sl/"リ)ノノ("(ノr(lMjs,a「cdn)'mpI1tllidi1ndiscaIeg(〕rizedmreunderIheni11i(〕l1alstmtlls、

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lnsoctorde「ReprosentingPercentageofSpeciesDive「sityinKamaliRegion

31 r1 L」

9% lnLepidopte「a

2■OHhopleia

3DHemipIera

4口Coleopte「a

17% 3%

3 2

Karllalircgiollis(wt1sIilnd1℃preselltmanypoIel1ti(】lsiIcs(orman)'illseにISI〕ecics・To旧Iinsect

speciesbesideRbuIにr〔Iics,1℃p()『led{r()mtl1isregiollincludes69specicsundcr598ellcra・Thisincludes

Orthoptera5species(58eI1el.(1),IlcmipIem2specics(28eI1era)alldC()IcopIcra44species(34gencra).

Amon8the1℃port(xlinsectsduriI1gthefil・stphasepro8ram,C(リノl(〕s(〕'"1(SSi(l"1i(w"1,7(’Ss(wJl(,"川ノ、)""icn,

Ho1"('(70(wwsWllllll3,M()11())11(/11W(/l(ノllSandOli"(北(〕"(?'(llllswererarelIemi1DIer()ns,、otfoulldinKoshi

andParsarcgions.R〔】r《PC()IC()plel・()ninsectsreportedillour(i1.s(1)hasc1〕ro8rtlma1℃NC()COノノ!/rjS(WF"M7fl7,

Cici"!/uノllocl()"()IMI,S(Tl/)l('r1lssll/(11Ms,Crlノノ)ICCP/)ノ!"血B(/o(ノピrlJsfM(I,G1/)11'1(リノハ'1('WSR(,"""M(S,G〃(ソ叩"j,

Ollf/10/)mlgllsl)()"(lsIlsdmd().I)(l(1()/11s.O"ノノIC/)/mglイs/"7clolllsisc()11(ilwdICB(lrdimregiontmdisfoundtobe

newtoNepal・OIhcrl1cwrcp()rIillcludesS(w(71〕HFllss(lllcllls,ノ〕/l(Iノo/);()ノノノ【)(l(WIS,Cl/"l11()/)ノ印ノwS8lソ)【"l(7IMS,

Olljljssi)19ノlllノ〔リlsjs(C(}IC(DpIem)jndOl/’1()s()"ll1si(11)licI"〃(Hemil〕tem)Alm(〕stnllinsectscollectedarethe

forestspecies.I)11ct()weⅡ})r()Icclcdk〕rcstcondiIiol1s,thispartisw「>'『ichilli〔)reBlillscctdiversity・River‐

ineforesto[thisar(、《11s(〕|〕r(widcsg()odhabilatIForman)'illsccIs1〕e〔ics・Re}〕ortcdinsecIs(romthissite

includesCjCj"(A,AIO[(()ll()l(l((1,s〔イィノ)ハ?lwtislllcIllllsandCl/"l)ID/)ノ('11)ws8t,"l"lllll(5,illlMcColcopterons.B(シノosfo"lll

i)l(ノノ[lll〃(Hemiplcm,Ci`】nlwiuIerbug),or(Tl()〔/liノIIS)'1(?l【『ノノノCllS(C()lco1)ler(1)`1,.Mi(γ()'1(,Clllm,!i/)ノ()j((?S(Hemi‐

ptera,boal1mM1blU8)、】でlhc(〕nlyi11secIspeciescoⅡectcd{rom(〕(IllaliCh`1bimls.S()vmrioushabitaIlypes

werevisiteddurin8thMirstpl1iwppr()Br`】IllillKmrllimliregion・Most〔()、m〔)nsp(gDciesofthisareaisLoノlif(l

Xm"(/is,ノノ)ノll1lノノl"l)(lliUI1dノリリパ()|)(,ノィIJscノlnl"''1/Scノノ(l-lemiptera).ノリ11パ()/)(〕/AIS(ゾl/'''11)lイSc/ljislhemostcommon

speCics,lolllldt1blII1dilllllyiI1riveril1ewoodedlandandriveril1e8rasslalldofthistll・eas・

InNowmberlhclUl;i()I1wt1s:tillwarm⑯noughIoaccomm⑪。(】Iedil化1℃、Iinse仁tspecicsofvarious

sIatlls・One旧ulhaliaspc(jes,C(ISI(lノル]s(TIノ('1(1,Eノ!/'lllljnsノリノノノ(?'"l"FSI'w([cnlalc),Y/)/lノノノノノノl(1A(1s/l"limal1dl〕(zpjノノ0

F/)l/cハノcswereIhcrarespcCics・AmongIhccommoI1spcciesCommoninIl1eN()vembermonIhareEl〃ellm

/l(,c(】【jll,ノ〕パフcjslll/il('5,!)叩)/lil(1,M(,/(1)ljljs化(/(1,!〕ハリイSbMssjc(J(,,Oll()/)sノノハlノリ/W/l(?,D(I"Ms8(wll/illandD.c/Iryssiノノlイs・

RaiapurandKoIhiiI8hd1ta1℃awe「ever)'poorforbutIerIiesandoIherinscCIB、Verypoorvegetationand

hi8hhumanseIIIemclltcxisIillthesearea,ForcsIalonglheriverballkisnlmoslllil,mllsIardandsu8arcane

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cultivationcahbcobservdinsomeparls・InSatiKamaliatotal20spccicsofbutter[IieswasreporlediI1

NovemberwhichisfewerIllaninMa)'・ThreebutterHies,namelyMl/α1A,sj5ノwscl(s,YPlノli"l(lsp・andEノ!/"l"ms

Ayper))【)IcslmarelhenewaddilionIop1℃viouscoⅡection、PlenlifulofNemeobiidbuIIerfIies,/けM"【?〃lerioll(?

wereseenatlractedtowardcasIorpIanIs、AmongthemosIcommonspcciesobservedinthisforestare

El(rc"【(lノノ(?αID〔P,C(M1ノハイs()si"l()",Z/z(?(リゾ(lノ"(l/l(7imdNe/)fjsハyA7s・ShadelovingspecieslikeM1/“んsjs/)ersBMs

andMe/(I"iljs化(/nwerealsofoundinthispart、22specieswith21generahavebccllre}〕ortedincludillg

Coleoptera(I38e11em,14sI)ccies)andHemipIera(88elleraaI1d8species).Amolu8thcmreillsecIsareFjl/11J

(、ノe)1s(HemipIera),C1/djlocorjscrocMls(HemipIera),Vesl)ハイs/)〔?'/)lイr(リ1s(Hcmi1〕teri1)alldMosloljl(『ノノl(ノノ(w"l

(Hemiplera).ThcmostcommollspecicsincludeLoノノノm8r(1)l〔lis,P/l」/s(〕ノノ(?/、s〔?ノノノ(】)11)llscノルMノノノ10/Mliw7/)jal/is,

N・レノノノl(ncml(1,COC(WIMls(Pノ)10/)I()ICI《1,,八sノ)i(ノ()'"or/)/J(usnjlcmr-c'wc'5,A.ノノノノノ(リノゾsalldqノノノl)IC此Iイrl(scl/【】)leIls、44

speciesfoodp1anlsofinsccIsalCreporled(romIhisarea・ThemoslcommoninsectsI〕eciesincludeAcrn/ll

fl(rjMl,Cノノグof()13()lll(slmCノ1W)IF'wsal1dPo“ノル〔wwsノ)icllls(OrIhoptem)recorded[romlhe(loodedla'ldofKamali

river,Poccjlo〔wws/)/(W1swasfoulldfccdin8onC(Jノolro"js8jRmlllビlialoll8wilhoIherillsccIs・Scノl1ejcノ1cmoノビ05m,

L(llAjMノノlljli(】(Iocalname),C(llolroノノjsgiglllllf(1)【,B1lMVn(ISi(Ili(11,A[l7cnl(TII(?[ノノ!(,D(ルノヌルisissoo,Trcl('ノロ

"11(ノリ0,,Mm"olIls/)/lili妙!"sis,ルグノノノMwl(,Sc(?l1sandCq"jc"r/"J"licro/】M(Jarclheimp()rIimIfoodpIanIsof

insecIsofIhisarea、16specicso(dun8bcetlesarereported(romtheforestofIhisre8ioll・Amon8Ihem4

speciesarellewloNepa1.

-- ̄ ̄~------ ̄----~~ ̄一--------------- ̄--~----~ ̄~---1

TotaISpeciesofPIantintheStudied

AreaofKoshi,ParsaandKarnaIi ↑

『----------申'1------~--=~~十・`

|圏Pte「idophyte

Ptcridophyta Monocol

Dicot

16

97

422

l■Monocot 0■JP90II-l■■リーーーーbⅡ0F‐IiiII0p1-

lpDicot

ConservalionofinsccI(aullaisol1coflheessenIialtaskspcci〔】Ⅱyilll1wcounIrylikeNepalwhere

impactonforesIisincreasingillallalarmingraIelnwhatralelheinsccIrmteare(acin8mIIenualingisnot

knowllbuldiversiI>'ofinscclsaredecrcaSingandarebecomingscareinIhcllillul・oInKoshiregioll20

speciesofillsecIsare(oundtoberareillcludingoneendemicimdon〔DI1cwIoNepal・BulexceptKoshi

Tappuallolherre8ionareloosingf()rcsIdietolackofCollservationknowlcdge.}ZvcnKoshiTappuarea

needstrictcollserw】Iiollmcasu1℃sasilwasionanddisturbancesareinc1℃msingillalarmillgratc、Thisarea

needexlellsiollofcoI1sewaIionareaextelldill8totheChuriaran8eillChaIal・aalldPaI11alewherebutter‐

fliesandinsectdiversilyisveryrich・Atom1of302speciesoffloraarerccodcdfromthcsIudiedareawith

IwospeciesnewtoNepaL

II1sectdiversiIyiscompamtivcl)'higherinParsaarealhanKoshinndKarllali・About75%ofthe

studiesareafallullderlheproIecIedareaRestpartfacingenchroachment(ormthFI1ewcomersinthearea

fromthehillandthcpcriphcriallocalities、Alotalofll6speciesofbutterflicsalId85spcciesofinsecIsof

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whichol1eisfoundtobeelldemicand20speciesarerarecarryingurgcntconservationrequirement.Sロノ)rjblイs

sllbcoUrll/l/sistheendemicbeet1efoundinParsa・ThisparlhaslooseandporoussoilconditionsoIherail1‐

wa(erdoesnotgetaccumulatedhere、Thismakesthisplacedevoidofwatersou1℃eswhichullimately

leaveimpacIlolheexistenceofmanyillsectspecies、305speciesofplantshavebeenrecordedinthesur‐

veyedarea・ConstructionofartificialpoI1dsandlakesarerequiredinthereServe・Thosepondsbecon‐

structedindiHerentareasoftheforestwherelhehabitatsaregoodfortheillsects・Anlipoachingpatrollil18

s}uouldbeillcreasedandillegalcuttingoftheforesltreesshouldsIrictlyconll・olledhereaswell

PIantSpeciesDistributionin

StudiedRegion

330

320

1310

1300 |圏Seriesl

鰯illllIlrKoshi297Parsa302Ka

-◆7---ⅡⅡ’1710-1↓GiII-IⅡⅡⅡⅡⅡⅡⅡ0190-

290

280

Karnali325

Kamalire8ionhasalsoshownvcrygooddiversi()'ofinsectaswell、78speciesofbutIerfliesand81

speciesofillsectsarereportedandcategorizedul1derdif(erentsmlus・Here25speciesareunderrareand5

newspecieshavebeenreporIedtoNepaLStudyherewasmostlyconfinedtolheforcstedareasillNatio'1al

ParkaI1dcommunityforesls・ChodaChodilakelhou8hprotectedbylUCNstillneedeffectiveconserva‐

tionmethod・AreasinKarnalihaspolenIialtoattracttouristsalsoifthoseproIectedareasarewellstudied

alldimplemellIedsIl・ictcollservatiollmeasures・Themainproblemconcerl1ill8theconservationmanage‐

mentinthisareaisIhelackofboulldarywall・InmallyplaceguardsystemisIackingaswelLOtherareasof

ourstudysitesdolloIkeepsomuchsignificancefortheillsectdiversityexceplintheprotectedareasdlle

tothehumaninterferences.

Acknowledgement

ThisstudywassupportedbyProNaluraFundtothefirsIauthor・Oursincerethanksaredueto

ProfDr.M・OhsawaofChibaUI1iversityalldDr.T、NakaikeofNaturalHistoryMuseumalldlnstitute,

Chiba,japanforIheirkindsupp()rtal1dencouragemenI・ThanksarealsoduetoDr.T、Maskey,Director

CeneralofdepartmentofNationalParkandWildlifeConservatioll(HMG/N),ProfDr、KrishnaManadhar,

thel1deanofInstituteofScienceandtechnolo8y,TU,WardellsofKoshiTappuWildlifeReServe,Parsa

WildlifeRcservealldRo)'alBardiaNationalPark,chairmanofSattiCommunityForestandthestaffsof

NaturalHistorvMuscllmfortheircooperalionduringlhework

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