Butterfly Diversity, Seasonality and Status Atjunagadh, Gujarat, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Environment, Ecology, Family and Urban Studies (IJEEFUS) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
The present investigation focused on the study of butterfly diversity, Seasonality, relative abundance and present status at Junagadh Gujarat, India. The sites of Junagadh city; Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University campus, Junagadh Agriculture University and Lalbaug were studied throughout the year. These surveys were conducted for twelve months from June, 2017 to May, 2018. The objective of the present survey focussed on the preparation of checklist of butterfly. Furthermore to find out the patterns of butterfly distribution. The extensive survey was made for the taxonomic study and to compare species diversity of butterflies between three sites. During the present study, totally 36 species of butterflies were recorded. A total 36 species of small and large butterflies belonging to five families within an area of Junagadh city Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Agriculture University and Lalbaug were recorded. 8(22%) species from Family Nymphalidae were found, 14(39%) species from family Pieridae were recorded, 9(25%) species from family Lycaenidae were noted, 4(11%) species from family Papillionidae and 1(3%) species from family Hersperidae were recorded. The highest recorded family was Pieridae and lowest species recorded from family Hersperidae. Season wise change was observed in butterfly diversity. The highest number of butterflies seen during the Post monsoon and lowest number were seen during the winter. Highest number of butterfly species recorded during September and lowest were recorded during January and February. During this study, highest numbers of species were recorded from BKNMU 32 species were recorded. While, lowest 23 species were recorded in LB and 25 species were recorded from JAU. This is the first record of butterfly diversity comparison between three sites in the Junagadh city.
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Vishakha H. Gohel, Jatin V. Raval
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