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Samoan swallowtail, host plant and habitat, specimens, 2013-2014

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Publication Date
Start Date
2013-06-06
End Date
2014-08-07

Citation

Banko, P.C., Peck, R.W., and Schmaedick, M.A., 2022, Samoan swallowtail butterfly reproductive response to host plant characteristics, 2013-2014: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9A6CXQX.

Summary

Surveys for immature life stages of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly (Papilio godeffroyi) were conducted on 117 individually marked host trees (Micromelum minutum) in eight forest stands on Tutuila Island, American Samoa, at approximately monthly intervals during 2013-2014. The eight stands were mostly in or adjacent to the National Park of American Samoa (NPSA), but one stand was sampled near the western tip of Tutuila, outside NPSA.The dataset contains information on the Papilio specimens that were collected during these surveys.

Contacts

Point of Contact :
Paul C Banko, U.S. Geological Survey, NW-PACIFIC ISLAND REGION
Process Contact :
Paul C Banko, U.S. Geological Survey, NW-PACIFIC ISLAND REGION, Paul C. Banko, U.S. Geological Survey, NW-PACIFIC ISLAND REGION
Originator :
Paul C. Banko, Robert W. Peck, Mark A. Schmaedick
Metadata Contact :
U.S. Geological Survey, NW-PACIFIC ISLAND REGION
Distributor :
U.S. Geological Survey - ScienceBase

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Samoan Swallowtail, Host Plant and Habitat, Specimens, Revised.xml
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Purpose

Data were collected to document aspects of the Samoan swallowtail butterfly's reproductive ecology and host plant relationships to assist managers at the National Park of American Samoa and the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources understand factors potentially influencing the abundance and distribution of this endangered species, which has disappeared from its range in Samoa and is now found only on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. These data provide a foundation for developing habitat management strategies to protect the species and possibly expand its population into former range.

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