A preliminary report on the diversity of butterfly fauna of Paren Eco Resort, Kalimpong and Samsing Eco Tourism Resort, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The present investigation was a short-term survey conducted for 7 days in the vicinity of the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas in two popular Government maintained tourist spots of Paren Eco Resort and Samsing Eco Tourism Resort.The findings reveal a total of 88 butterfly species in the study area with Paren having the highest number with 70 species.Samsing on the other hand holds a good 28 species of butterfly fauna.The family Nymphalidae was found to be the most dominant in both the study areas.In Paren Eco Resort the family Nymphalidae consists of 33 (47.14%) species, 19 (40.43%) genera and 8 (47.05%) subfamilies, followed by Lycaenidae with 21 (30%) species, Pieridae with 8 (11.43%) species, Papilionidae with 6 (8.57%) species and Hesperiidae and Riodinidae with least number of species of 1 (1.43%).Samsing Eco tourism Resort shows only 3 families with Nymphalidae consisting of 12 (42.86%)species, 10 (45.45%) generas and 5 (62.5%) subfamilies.Family Pieridae shows 10 (35.71%) species followed by Papilionidae with 6 (21.43%) species.These study areas also report 1 species belong to schedule I, 8 species under schedule II, and 2 species from schedule IV of the Indian Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022.The present work serves as a preliminary study and can serve as a baseline for future ecological research on the butterfly diversity of these regions.
Authors: Papia Das, Olivia Das
Institutions: Budge Budge College, Behala College
Language: English
Subfield: Insect Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Life on land
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4413797206