Diversity of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Jhargram, Paschim and Purba Medinipur districts, West Bengal, India

Saurav Dwari; Amal Kumar Mondal

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Saurav Dwari
Amal Kumar Mondal

butterflies, jhargram, paschim medinipur, purba medinipur, west bengal, india, lycaenidae, nymphalidae, urbanization, deforestation

Abstract

Butterflies are one of the most attractive insects in the world, and they have been able to attract all kinds of peoples by their various features. This present documentation records the butterfly diversity of the three districts Jhargram, Paschim Medinipur, and Purba Medinipur, which formed the former Medinipur district. A total of 139 species belong to 94 genera and six families have been recorded. Among all families, Lycaenidae and Nymphalidae are the most abundant. Among the three districts, most species were found from Jhargram district. Fluffy Tit, Angled Pierrot and Common Lascar are the first time recorded from southern West Bengal. Rapid urbanization, deforestation, uncontrolled developmental works, and changing the character of Coastal zone is some of the threats to butterflies in these areas. So it was a great need to prepare a list of butterflies by which the past changes in the species diversity and number of butterflies in the future able to understand.

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Diversity of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Jhargram, Paschim and Purba Medinipur districts, West Bengal, India. (2020). Global Journal of Science Frontier Research, 20(C4), 35-61. https://www.journalofscience.org/index.php/GJSFR/article/view/2734

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