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A Preliminary Report on the Diversity of Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in and Around the Forest Areas of Jateswar Mandir, Barbil, Odisha, India

2023; Volume: 9; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.33745/ijzi.2023.v09i01.098

2454-3055

Surajit Mondal, Arghya Dutta, P. K. Manna, G. Ghosal,

Orthoptera Research and Taxonomy

Butterflies are bright coloured scaly winged insects of order Lepidoptera and one of the important species for conservation of invertebrates.A short-term survey was conducted in and around the forest area of Jateswar Mandir, Barbil, Odisha, India for a period of 3 days to study the diversity of butterflies and their distribution among respective families, subfamily, and genera.During the survey, a total number of 22 species of butterflies belonging to 5 families, 11 subfamily and 15 genera were recorded.It was observed that family Nymphalidae is the most dominating family in the study area.The butterfly species observed in the study area are classified as very common (6), common (28), less common (16) and rare (2).The Simpson's diversity index was found highest in forest (0.94) followed by mixed-vegetation (0.11) and water bodies (0.19).There are many factors affecting their suitable habitat.Since it is a mine area and there are many visiting places for visitors, their habitat is being disturbed and lost, so the diversity of butterfly is relatively low here and since butterfly is a bio-indicator species, it can be said that the habitat is suitable for them not for long.