A Study of Butterfly Species Diversity in M. N. College Campus, Visnagar, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India

Authors

  • Surbhi Dabhadkar Student, Department of Life Sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan, India
  • Rakesh Prajapati Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, M. N. College, Visnagar, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47607/ijresm.2020.416

Keywords:

Butterfly, Biodiversity

Abstract

The present study was carried out to understand the butterfly diversity and abundance in M. N. College, Visnagar, Gujarat, India from November 2019 to March 2020. A total of 40 species of butterflies belonging to 29 genera and five families were recorded from the present study. From the observed butterflies, family Pieridae was the most dominant among the five families with 14 species, followed by Nymphalidae comprising of 9 species, Lycaenidae have 9 species, Papilionidae with 5 species and Hesperidae with 3 species. The present study added valuable information on diversity of butterfly fauna and will contribute in developing effective conservation.

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Published

21-12-2020

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 12 (2020)

Section

Articles

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Copyright (c) 2020 Surbhi Dabhadkar, Rakesh Prajapati

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

[1]
S. Dabhadkar and R. Prajapati, “A Study of Butterfly Species Diversity in M. N. College Campus, Visnagar, Mehsana District, Gujarat, India”, IJRESM, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 98–104, Dec. 2020, doi: 10.47607/ijresm.2020.416.