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A preliminary assessment of diversity and abundance of butterfly (Insecta: Lepidoptera) fauna in Barbara forest, Odisha, India
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Dr. Mousumi Das, Avishikta Ghosh, Somdutta Basu Thakur
Abstract
A study on butterfly diversity and abundance
was carried out in the Barbara Forest, Odisha in the month of December 2024.
The tropical deciduous forests support a variety of flora and fauna, including
butterflies. The study recorded the presence of 69 butterflies belonging to six
different families and 52 different genera. Maximum number of butterflies were
recorded from family Nymphalidae (54.68%) followed by Pieridae (18.23%),
Lycaenidae (17.47%), Papilionidae (6%), Hesperiidae (3.30%) and lastly
Riodinidae (0.32%). On the basis of sightings of butterflies, 39.48% belonged
to not rare category, 29.64% belonged to very common category, 16.39% belonged
to common category, 14.06% belonged to rare category and 0.43% belonged to very
rare category. 13 butterfly species among the recorded butterfly species were
legally protected under various schedules of the Wildlife protection Act, 1972.
Values of different diversity indices such as Shannon diversity index (H'=
3.79), illustrated the high species richness of the butterfly community.
Pielou’s evenness index (j=0.90) depicted the evenly distributed nature of the
recorded butterfly species. Simpson's index of diversity (D= 0.97) which
indicated the persistence of high species abundance in the butterfly community.
Thus, information from this preliminary survey will prove to be helpful towards
conservation of the forest habitat as well as the butterfly fauna residing in
the forest.
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Pages:10-18
How to cite this article:
Dr. Mousumi Das, Avishikta Ghosh, Somdutta Basu Thakur "A preliminary assessment of diversity and abundance of butterfly (Insecta: Lepidoptera) fauna in Barbara forest, Odisha, India". International Journal of Entomology Research, Vol 10, Issue 4, 2025, Pages 10-18
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