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VOL. 9, ISSUE 2 (2024)
Butterfly fauna in urban habitats of Kolkata-A review
Authors
Sk Kabita, Sehnaz Parvin, Firdousi Khatun, Masud Rana
Abstract
In urban area, biodiversity is vulnerable due to the loss of habitat
loss. To assess the impact of biodiversity loss and butterfly diversity, seven
areas of Kolkata (East Kolkata Wetlands, campus of Lady Brabourne College,
Metropolitan Kolkata, South Kolkata, Juvenile detention centre, Barasat, West
Bengal State University campus, Urban Kolkata) were selected. To get the
species number from these sites we took the help of seven studies by seven
different authors which was previously done in Kolkata and its outskirts.
Butterfly diversity in Kolkata was done according to the composition of the
number of species, the status-wise distribution, and the family-wise
composition in all these seven studies. From our study, it was concluded that
Nymphalidae is the most dominant butterfly family followed by lycaenidae,
pieridae, papilionidae, and hesperidae in all seven sites. One another
important observation from this study is, Riodinidae family is present only in
the above-mentioned research location no 1(East Kolkata wetlands). This family
is completely absent in other six study sites.
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Pages:79-86
How to cite this article:
Sk Kabita, Sehnaz Parvin, Firdousi Khatun, Masud Rana "Butterfly fauna in urban habitats of Kolkata-A review". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 9, Issue 2, 2024, Pages 79-86
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