Abstract
The present study on butterflies was conducted in different habitat types in Bankura Town along the banks of Gandheswari and Dwarakeswar rivers for 24 months from January 2017 to December 2018. The results of the study recorded the presence of 1,273 individuals of butterflies belonging to 57 species and 42 genera in six families. The study recorded 20 species of butterflies under Nymphalidae, 14 species under Lycaenidae, 10 species under Pieridae, eight species under Hesperiidae, six species under Papilionidae, and only one species under Riodinidae. The present study provides a preliminary report on the butterfly diversity of Bankura Town which in turn may generate awareness among the local people and government about the importance of these essential pollinators and their conservation.
Highlights
In recent times several authors have reported on the diversity of butterfly population in different ecosystems government about the importance of these essential pollinators and under many districts of West Bengal
The present study has observed a total of 1,273 butterflies belonging to 57 species and 42 genera in different habitats of Bankura Town and adjoining areas (Images 3–8)
The most abundant species encountered in the study was Common Castor Ariadne merione (Cramer, 1777) followed by Common Evening Brown Melanitis leda (Linnaeus, 1758), Plain Tiger Danaus chrysippus (Linnaeus, 1758), Common Emigrant Catopsilia pomona (Fabricius, 1775), Psyche Leptosia nina (Fabricius, 1793), and Grey Pansy Junonia atlites (Linnaeus, 1763)
Summary
The present study was conducted in the municipality areas of Bankura Town and several villages located near the Bankura, the fourth largest district of West Bengal river banks Gandheswari and Dwarakeswar of Bankura I is located in the western part of the state. It covers an community development block (Fig.). Bankura District belongs to a flow from the north-east to the south-west in courses tropical savannah climate that represents a hot summer roughly parallel to one another.
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