Diversity of Butterflies at Tatapani Village, Balrampur District, Chhattisgarh, India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Pharmacy and Biological Sciences (IOSR-JPBS) - Year 2017, Vol 12, Issue 5
Abstract
Butterflies are regarded as one of the prominent bio indicators of the environment and have the second largest number of scaly insects; therefore they must be conserved for the betterment of the health of the habitats. During a 3 month study ( August 2016 – October 2016), a total of 306 individuals belonged to 22 species, 19 genera and 5 families of butterflies were recorded ( Table 1),of these 8 species belonged to the family Nymphalidae with a total of 149 individuals, 5 species belonged to the family Lycaenidae having a total of 47 individuals, 4 species belonged to the family Papilionidae comprising a total of 18 individuals, 3 species belonged to the family Pieridae with 72 individuals and 2 species belonged to the family Hesperiidae having a total of 20 individuals at Tatapani village, Balrampur District, Chhattisgarh. The butterflies were categorized into 3 groups, Very common-5 species ( 23% ) , Common-8 species ( 36%) , and Rare- 9 species ( 41% ) . During the study period the Shannon Wiener Index for Nymphalidae (1.924), Lycaenidae (1.594), Papilionidae (1.162), Peridae (0.879) and Hesperidae (0.673 ). Simpson index for Nymphalidae(0.16),Lycaenidae(0.18), Papilionidae (0.32), Pieridae(0.48), Hesperidae(0.49). Dominance Index for Nymphalidae(0.84), Lycaenidae(0.81), Papilionidae(0.67), Pieridae(0.51) and Hesperidae(0.50). Margalef Richness Index for Nymphalidae(1.39), Lycaenidae(1.03), Papilionidae(1.03), Peridae(0.46) and Hesperidae(0.33).
Authors and Affiliations
Junas Ekka1,, A. Joshua Andrews2, S. John William3
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