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The relationship of mean temperature and 9 collected butterfly species' wingspan as the response of global warming

  • Na, Sumi (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Eunyoung (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Kim, Hyunjung (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University) ;
  • Choi, Seiwoong (Department of Environmental Education, Mokpo National University) ;
  • Yi, Hoonbok (Department of Bio and Environmental Technology, Graduate School of Seoul Women's University)
  • Received : 2021.03.08
  • Accepted : 2021.09.13
  • Published : 2021.12.31
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Abstract

Background: Organism body size is a basic characteristic in ecology; it is related to temperature according to temperature-size rule. Butterflies are affected in various aspects by climate change because they are sensitive to temperature. Therefore, this study was conducted to understand the effect of an increase in temperature due to global warming on the wing of butterflies. Results: A total of 671 butterflies belonging to 9 species were collected from 1990 to 2016 in Seoul (336 specimens) and Mokpo (335 specimens). Consequently, as the mean temperature increased, the wing length of the species increased. However, there are exceptions that the Parnassius stubbendorfii, Pieridae canidia, and Pieris rapae wing length of Seoul increased, but the butterfly wing length of Mokpo decreased. Conclusions: The positive correlations between the butterfly wing length and mean temperature showed that the change of mean temperature for about 26 years affects the wing length of butterfly species. The exception is deemed to have been influenced by the limited research environment, and further studies are needed. We would expect that it can be provided as basic data for studying effect of climate change.

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This work was supported by a research grant from Seoul Women's University (2021).

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