Authors : Y. B. Chaudhari and S. R. Verma
Page Nos : 343-349
Description :
Butterflies plays important role in ecosystem and their diversity is considered as a good indicator of healthy biotope. Now a day’s due to anthropocentric developmental activities and climate change, diversity of butterflies and their micro-habitat pose great threats in and around Nagpur region. Nagpur is situated at centre of the India. It is well known for having and maintaining good green cover. Many researchers reported the data of butterfly species and available very randomly. In past D’Abreu (1931) recorded 91 species in central provinces of Nagpur. After,Pandharipande(1990) recorded 61 species of butterflies in different regions of Nagpur. Recently Ashish Tiple reported total 167 species belongs to 90 Genera of butterflies in Vidarbh region. Out of that Nagpur is the residence of 145 butterfly species. This observation indicatesthe diversity and abundance of butterflies in Nagpur region increased in last two decades. Recently in 2021 a team of nature enthusiasts reported a new butterfly species sighted for the first time in Nagpur and named ‘Psyche’ (Common name in Marathi ‘Manmauji’). The objective of this paper is to review the available literature and delineate the available Rhopaloceradiversity in a sequential manner. So that, a baselinedatasheet will be available for prospective researcher and others too.
