Study of Butterfly Diversity from Campus area of Amolokchand Mahavidyalaya Yavatmal, Maharashtra, India
Journal Title: International Journal of Life Science - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 1
Abstract
Presence of Butterfly in an ecosystem is a healthy environmental indicator as pollination of flowering plants is crucial to achieve conservation of floral diversity. Present study was carried from Campus area of Amolokchand Mahavidyalaya Yavatmal, MS, India. Amolokchand Mahavidyalaya was established in 1956. The college has well flourished Botanical garden, play grounds Spread over on 39 acres of land with highly flourished floral and faunal diversity. For present study, a check list was made comprising a total number of 15 Species belonging to 12 genera from 4 families. The aim of the study is to investigate relationship between abundance of butterfly species from study area with relation to physical factors which are important for conservation of floral and faunal diversity. During this study Butterflies were observed from August to January 2016 for consecutive 6 months. The study areas were surveyed daily from 5PM to 6 PM excluding Sundays and Holidays.
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SS Gupta
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