Occurrence and species diversity of butterflies in Southern part of Eastern Ghats (Pachamalai Hills)

  • Jainul Yasmin. J, Dinesh Raja. J, Athif P, Sadiq Bukhari A, Syed Mohamed H. E, Melba Priyadharshini A

Abstract

The present study demonstrated the occurrence and diversity of butterfliesin different habitatsof the Pachamalaihills in Eastern Ghats during the period of four months from December 2018 to March 2019. A total of 105 butterflybelonging to 5 families, viz. Hesperiidae (5), Papilionidae (8), Pieridae (5), Lycaenidae (5) and Nymphalidae (5)were recorded during the study from four different locations such as deep forest, road side, water body and agriculture field.

Keywords: Eastern Ghats,Pachamalai Hills, Species Diversity, Butterfly.

Published
2019-12-21
Section
Articles