Abstract :
A preliminary study on the diversity of butterflies was carried out in Pariyat River at Panagar region and its vicinity, Jabalpur district, M.P., India from June 2015 to May 2016. The Pariyat river landscape is featured by sprawling by lush green hillocks, natural floral vegetation and also dump yard of dairy farm effluent as well as eco-forests which serves as the store house of a wide variety of butterflies showing an excellent diversity. A total of 36 species of butterflies belonging to 28 genera and five families were recorded during the study period of four seasons, of which 9 species were under the rare category. During the course of the present studies it was observed that the family Nymphalidae represented by 13 species was the most dominant followed by Lycaenidiae (7 species), Pieridae (7species), Hesperidia (5 species) and Papilionidae (4 species). In the whole study year maximum species (30 species) were recorded during post monsoon season. As the study area houses 36 species of butterflies distributed throughout the riverside of Pariyat, it can be presumed to have a good diversity of butterflies, which may be attributed especially to the floral vegetation, provides a suitable nectar source throughout the varying seasons that serves a breeding habitat to the butterflies.
Author Name : Shivani Rai, Rita Bhandari & Arjun Shukla
Keywords: Lepidoptera, Diversity, Seasonal Variation, Pariyat River.
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