STUDY OF SOME BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY AT THE MAITRI GARDEN IN DURG DISTRICT IN CHATTISGARH, INDIA

Dipika Dikshit; Saman Siddiqui

Authors

Dipika Dikshit Research Scholar, Department of Zoology, Bharti Vishwavidyalaya, Durg
Saman Siddiqui Associate Professor, HOD Zoology, Bharti Vishwavidyalaya, Durg

Abstract

From January 2023 to May 2023, research was conducted to determine the variety of butterflies at the Maitri Garden in Durg District, Chhattisgarh, India. During the course of the study, 26 butterfly species from the three families Papilionoidea (5 species-34 %), Pieridae (5 species-22 %), Hesperidia (3 species- 12 %), Lycaenidae (5 species-9 %), and Nymphalidae(8 species-34 %) were identified from two different habitats in the Garden open area and dry deciduous environment. The Shannon diversity indices index was used for each environment to determine the butterfly diversity. The Garden open area was determined to have the highest Shannon index. The most common of the 26 species were Demoleuslinnaeus (the lime butterfly), while the rarest and tiniest was Chilades trochilus (grass jewel). These species' dominance in the Garden is explicable by the presence of their host and larval plants.97 individuals from 5 families and 26 butterfly species overall were counted throughout the research period of time and were documented with photographs

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