AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TYPES OF BUTTERFLIES THAT COULD INHABIT A CERTAIN AREA OF KHAPPARWADA, DURG, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

Leelam Chandrakar; Saman Siddiqui

Authors

Leelam Chandrakar Assistant Professor, Zoology, Bharti Vishwavidyalaya Durg (C.G)
Saman Siddiqui Associate Professor, HOD, Department of Zoology, Bharti Vishwavidyalaya Durg(C.G)

Abstract

An investigation of the types of butterflies that could inhabit a certain area of, Khapparwada village Chhattisgarh, India. Research on butterfly variety was carried out in the Khapparwada village in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. At the several butterfly survey locations across the research region, a total of 135 individuals and 7 species of butterflies from 2 families were counted. Daganiya farmhouse and the Vishnudham Mandir Garden are two other locations. The most numerous families were Nymphalidae and Pieridae, with 60% and 40%, respectively, of all butterfly species documented in the research region. The most butterflies were found at the Vishnudham Mandir Garden with 57, while the fewest were found in the Daganiya Farmhouse with 48. There were ten distinct species of butterflies in the research region, of which four were common, two were common, and four were uncommon. The greatest Simpson Index of Diversity was found in the Vishnudham Mandir Garden. Because the study area is home to a wide variety of butterflies, more research may be conducted to learn more about this richness and to document it for the conservation and butterfly park.

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