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.
Authors and Affiliations
Vishakha H. Gohel, Jatin V. Raval
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP576188
- DOI 10.24247/ijeefusapr20192
- Views 106
- Downloads 0
Detection of Atmospheric Nh3 From Iasi Satellite and its Validation using Chemical Transport Model Over Indian Region: A Review
Atmospheric ammonia (NH3 ) has great environmental implications due to its important role in ecosystem and global nitrogen cycle, as well as contribution to secondary particle formation. Ammonia (NH3 ) emissions in the a...
Performance Evaluation of Water Treatment Plant at Bhokarpada Navi Mumbai: Case Study
The objectives of any water supply system are to supply safe whole some water in adequate quantity at convenient points and at reasonable cost to the users. Potable water treatment is one of the most challenging and comp...
Branding and Reality: Two Faces of the City Case of Essaouira 2008-2018
The subject we are going to discuss in this article is about double face Touristic Cities, one strongly branded and the other discovered on the spot by visitors. Indeed, in these cities, most of the effort of territorial...
Multi Temporal Assessment of Shoreline Changes using Geoinformatics in Muthupet Lagoon, Tamil Nadu, India
Coastal area which is mostly defined as the shoreline is the physical interface of land and water. This physical interface is very much dynamic in nature due to the interference of the human population as they provide ec...
Green Banking - Awareness on Developing Plans in Public Sector Banks for Future Environment
Bio-diversity is the diversity of resources, where human beings are majorly dependent on natural resources. This concept is gaining momentum, as there no proper utilization of natural resources by mankind. Green banking...