Seasonal and relative abundance of butterflies in a scrub jungle habitat of Peraiyur Taluk, Madurai District, Tamilnadu
Journal Title: Journal of Research in Biology - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 1
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The present investigation has been aimed to explore the biodiversity of butterflies in a open land habitat of Peraiyur Taluk. Totally 65 species of butterflies belonging to 8 Families were of order Lepidoptera were identified. The family Nymphalidae and Pieridae contribute more number of species with 15 and 14 respectively and followed by Lycaneidae (13 species), Papilionidae (9 species), Danaidae (6 species), Hesperiidae (5 species), Satyridae (2 species) and Acreidae (1 species).
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