Plant and Insect are having unique relationship of food chain. Insects
belongs to Lepidopteran shows fecundity mores based on choice methods of host
plants on not only choice methods of host plants not only for egg laying but
also survival of futher generation by actively feeding all life stages on host
plant species. During our study we found 48 host plants among 63 noted
cultivated species of botanical garden of college belongs to 19 families viz.,
Asteraceae, Verbenaceae, Fabaceae, Rubiaceae, Apocynaceae, Euphorbiaceae,
Moringaceae. For to check diversity of butterflies Line transect method, was
used. About 69 butterfly’s species were recorded among them, 20 species belong
to Nymphalidae, 12 belong to Pieridae, 12 belongs to Papilionidae and 25
species belong to Lycaenidae.As preferred host plant such as Tridax
procumben, Tagetes (Marigold) (Family: Asteraceae) harbored 10 species of
Pieridae, 12 species of Nymphalidae as well 8 species of Lycaniedae During our
study we found host plant relationship between host plant and butterfly
species. A weed plant with multicolored flowers, Lantana camara (Family:Verbenaceae)
hosted 6 species of Papilionidae, 3 species of Pieridae, and 9 species of
Nymphalidae, similarly Euphorbia hirta (Family:Euphorbiaceae) and Tephrosia
purpurea (Family: Fabaceae) hosted 9 species of Nymphalidae, and 4 Papilionidae
and about 10 species from Lycaenidae found on plant Cosmos sulphurus (Family:Asteraceae).The
present study thus revealed that there is need for the conservation of varied
species of butterflies, which were hazardously influenced by the rising cementary
and cutting of forest vegetation, thus raising Botanical gardens in college
level enhances mode of conservation of diversity of not only butterflies but
also helps to conserve floral diversity of botanical gardens.
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