A male Klug's clearwing butterfly (Dircenna klugii klugii) foraging on a coffee flower (Coffea arabica) in Finca Irlanda of the Sonusco region of Chia
A male Klug’s clearwing butterfly (Dircenna klugii klugii) foraging on a coffee flower (Coffea arabica) in the Soconusco region of Chiapas, Mexico. Shade-grown coffee certification programs distinguish shade management practices that contain significantly higher levels of bird and butterfly diversity. This enhanced biodiversity may provide important ecosystem services, such as pollination, shown here. This photograph originally appeared on the cover of Ecological Applications (14:3) in June of 2004.
| Primary or BEN resource type | |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| Temporal and geographic description | Finca Irlanda, Sonusco region of Chiapas, Mexico. |
| Core Concepts | |
| Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection | Off |
| Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection | Off |
| Big Data Collection | Off |
| Editor's Choice | No |
| Audience | |
| Pedagogical Use Description | This image could be used to supplement lectures or presentations about shade-grown coffee and/or management practices. It may also be used to illustrate a Klug's clearwing butterfly for discussion or presentation about this particular species or diversity in general. |
| Keywords | coffee,butterfly,agriculture,shade grown,conservation,management,pollination,biodiversity,flower,sustainability |
| Key taxa | Klug's clearwing butterfly,Dircenna klugii klugii,Coffee,Coffea arabica |
| Life science discipline (subject) | |
| Primary Author Controlled Name | |
| Primary Author Affiliation | National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center Wilkes University, Biology Progam |
| Primary Author email | philpotts@si.edu kenneth.klemow@wilkes.edu |
| Rights | Copyright 2004 by the Ecological Society of America. |
| Date Of Record Submission | 2008-12-31 |
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