Butterflies of Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India

Deepa Jaiswal;  B. Bharath;  M. Karuthapandi;  Shrikant Jadhav;  S. Prabakaran;  S. Rehanuma Sulthana

doi:10.11609/jott.6434.13.13.20090-20097

Butterflies of Amrabad Tiger Reserve, Telangana, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.6434.13.13.20090-20097 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (13) ◽

pp. 20090-20097

Author(s):

Deepa Jaiswal ◽

B. Bharath ◽

M. Karuthapandi ◽

Shrikant Jadhav ◽

S. Prabakaran ◽

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Keyword(s):

Wildlife Protection ◽

Butterfly Diversity ◽

Tiger Reserve

The butterfly diversity of Amrabad Tiger Reserve was assessed from March 2018 to February 2021. A total of 106 species belonging to the families Nymphalidae (36 species), Lycaenidae (30 species), Pieridae (18 species), Hesperiidae (14 species), and Papilionidae (8 species) were recorded. Of these, 12 species belonged to the Schedules I, II & IV of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act, and four were common in this region.

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An insight into the butterfly (Lepidoptera) diversity of an urban landscape: Guwahati, Assam, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.6122.13.2.17741-17752 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 17741-17752

Author(s):

Sanath Chandra Bohra ◽

Jayaditya Purkayastha

Keyword(s):

Urban Landscape ◽

Residential Areas ◽

Wildlife Protection ◽

Butterfly Diversity ◽

Forested Areas ◽

Insight Into

The paper deals with the butterfly diversity of Guwahati, Assam, India which was the result of a survey conducted from April 2016 to July 2020. During the study period we recorded 249 species of butterflies belonging to six families namely Papilionidae (24 species), Pieridae (23 species), Lycaenidae (57 species), Riodinidae (two species), Nymphalidae (97 species), and Hesperiidae (46 species). Twenty-eight species were recorded from commercial areas, 74 species from residential areas, and 248 species from forested areas. Nineteen species were found to be very common, 39 species common, 50 species fairly common, 53 species uncommon, 57 species rare, and 31 species very rare. Twenty-four species and nine subspecies including Discophora sondiaca, Athyma selenophora, and Athyma kanwa phorkys are legally protected under different schedules as per the Indian Wildlife Protection Act (1972).

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Butterflies (Lepidoptera - Rhopalocera) of coastal areas of Southern West Bengal, India

TAP CHI SINH HOC ◽

10.15625/0866-7160/v39n3.9243 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 39 (3) ◽

pp. 276-290

Author(s):

Arajush Payra

Keyword(s):

West Bengal ◽

Detailed Comparison ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Butterfly Species ◽

Wildlife Protection ◽

Butterfly Diversity ◽

First Time

The present study was carried out to prepare a checklist of butterflies in the Coastal areas of Purba Medinipur District of southern West Bengal between January 2014 and February 2016. A total of 112 butterfly species belonging to 74 genera under 14 subfamilies and five families were recorded during the study period. Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae were the most dominant family, whereas Papilionidae was the least dominant family. Among 112 butterfly species recorded, 9 species were legally protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. A total of 59 species were newly recorded in the study area. Suastus minuta Moore, 1877 was recorded for the first time in West Bengal. The present results also provide a detailed comparison of butterfly diversity among different studies conducted in southern West Bengal. Citation: Payra A., Mishra R. K., Mondal K., 2017. Butterflies (Lepidoptera - Rhopalocera) of coastal areas of Southern West Bengal, India. Tap chi Sinh hoc, 39(3): 276-390. DOI: 10.15625/0866-7160/v39n3.9243. Received 21 February 2017, accepted 10 March 2017 *Corresponding author: [email protected]

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Butterfly diversity in an organic tea estate of Darjeeling Hills, eastern Himalaya, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.5716.12.11.16521-16530 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 16521-16530

Author(s):

Aditya Pradhan ◽

Sarala Khaling

Keyword(s):

Community Structure ◽

Secondary Forest ◽

Conservation Status ◽

Habitat Specialization ◽

Eastern Himalaya ◽

Wildlife Protection ◽

Tea Plantation ◽

Butterfly Diversity ◽

Organic Tea

The study was undertaken from March–May 2019 to explore the butterflies in the human-modified tea dominated landscape of Darjeeling Hills and understanding the diversity, community structure, habitat specialization, and conservation status of butterflies in an organic tea estate. Sampling was done in the two representative ecosystems of tea plantation and secondary forest within the study area. Altogether 71 species and sub-species across 43 genera belonging to five families were recorded during this study, of which seven are protected under the Wildlife (Protection) Act of India, 1972.

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Butterflies of Garhwal, Uttarakhand, western Himalaya, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa ◽

10.11609/jott.2254.8.4.8666-8697 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 8666 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Arun P. Singh ◽

Sanjay Sondhi

Keyword(s):

Relative Abundance ◽

Western Himalaya ◽

The State ◽

Butterfly Species ◽

Biotic Factors ◽

Vegetation Types ◽

Wildlife Protection ◽

Butterfly Diversity ◽

Annotated Checklist

Thirty percent of butterfly species that occur in India are found in the Garhwal region of the western Himalaya, which comprise six districts of Uttarakhand State with five major vegetation types lying between the catchments of the Ganga and Yamuna rivers. The annotated checklist compiled here for this region comprises 407 species and takes into account all the species recorded since 1899, when the first list of 323 species was prepared by Mackinnon & de Nicéville on the ‘butterflies of Mussoorie and its adjacent areas’. Over a 20 year period (1986–1990; 2000–June 2015) the present authors maintained detailed notes and were able personally to record 349 species. This information is presented in a checklist, together with details of the month, year and site of each record, relative abundance, Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (IWPA) status, as well as references of earlier records made by other authors in Garhwal for those species that the authors were not able to record themselves. Forty-nine species recorded in the region have been placed under various schedules of IWPA; only one species, the Golden Emperor Dilipa morgiana Westwood, is listed in Schedule I Part IV, the others being mainly included under Schedule II Part II. The paper also discusses new range extensions and significant records (past and present), identifies major biotic factors that threaten butterfly diversity in Garhwal, and suggests the scope for butterfly ecotourism in the state as an option for long term conservation.

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