Abstract
In a preliminary study on the butterflies of Dakshina Kannada District, located in the southwestern part of the Karnataka along the Western Ghats in Karnataka State in India, a total of 172 species of butterflies belonging to 117 genera, from six families was prepared by visiting various landscapes during the period September 2012 to December 2015. Of the various species recorded, Papilio clytia (Linnaeus), Papilio lio medon (Moore), Pachlio ptahector (Linnaeus), Castalius rosimon (Fabricius), Acytolepis puspa (Horsefield), Lethe europa (Fabricius), Neptis jumbah (Moore), Dophlae velina (Stoll), Hypolimnas misippus (Linnaeus) and Doleschallia bisaltide (Cramer) comes under the Schedule I of the Indian Wildlife Protection Act 1972. The present study provides the baseline data of butterfly species of Dakshina Kannada.
Highlights
The Western Ghats, which covers about 60% of the forest area of Karnataka and one among the 36 biodiversity hotspots of the World, forms an important ecosystem (State of Environment Report 2003)
Dakshina Kannada is situated in the southwestern part of Karnataka, which comprises of 4,560km2 of geographical area
2,860km2 is covered by forest area (Forest Survey of India 2011)
Summary
The field survey was carried out in the different landscape elements like evergreen forest, semievergreen forest, riparian forest, plantations of arecanut, coconut, rubber, cashew plantation, rubber plantation, paddy fields, and along the coastal. Editor: George Mathew, Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi, India. Manuscript details: Ms # 3066 | Received 23 March 2016 | Final received 05 October 2016 | accepted 10 October 2016. Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no competing interests
Sign-in/Register to view highlights & summary Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Free) 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a call
