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An annotated checklist of butterflies and moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the university of Rajasthan campus, Jaipur, India
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Ramesh Prajapat, Pooja Meena, Neha Kumawat, Manisha Yadav, Shashi Meena
Abstract
The Lepidopterans are cosmopolitan, phytophagous, holometabolous, scale
winged insects that comprises butterflies and moths. The Lepidopteran diversity
of the University of Rajasthan campus that situated near Aravalli range,
Rajasthan was accessed from March 2021 to February 2022, using random visual
encounter method during morning hours of day. A total of 57 species of
belonging to 45 genera of 11 families under 6 superfamilies of two suborders
was observed. Out of these, 42 species belong from Rhopalocera, and remaining
15 were from Heterocera that constitutes 39.04% of total lepidopteran species.
The Nymphalidae family was found richest in terms of the number of species and
genera that are 14 and 10, respectively.
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Pages:103-108
How to cite this article:
Ramesh Prajapat, Pooja Meena, Neha Kumawat, Manisha Yadav, Shashi Meena "An annotated checklist of butterflies and moths (Insecta: Lepidoptera) from the university of Rajasthan campus, Jaipur, India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 9, Issue 10, 2024, Pages 103-108
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