Abstract
The butterflies were observed in the field from April, 2019 to December, 2019. Old collections of the campus made by earlier workers (1996-2018), present in the Entomological Museum, Zoological survey of India, Itanagar were also studied. Total 94 species of 60 genera under five families i.e., Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae, and Hesperiidae were recorded. The maximum diversity of species was found in the family Nymphalidae (55 species), followed by Lycaenidae (13 species), Pieridae (12 species), Papilionidae (11 species), and Hesperiidae (3 species). Analysis of the relative abundance revealed that of these 94 species, 43 species were common (46%), 32 less common (34%), and remaining 19 species uncommon (20%). Out of 94 species, 10 species were found in the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. 3 schedule species were found to be common and 3 schedule species were found less common as per present survey.
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