Authors : Bhavana S. Janwe and Dr. Ramdas R. Kamdi
Page Nos : 180-186
Description :
The objective of this paper is to review the available literature of butterfly diversity, distribution and composition in different regions of Maharashtra, either in forests, cities, districts and protected areas. It brings about the importance of butterflies in ecology as pollinators and pest, and explore the possibilities of using them as bioindicators to evaluate the sustainability of protected areas in conserving the biodiversity. Many parameters have been used by authors to designate composition and species richness of different butterfly families. Some parameters such as very common, common, rare, very rare, moderate, evenness index and other ecological statistical have been used. According to this review, it has been noticed that family Nymphalidae found to be most dominant in number of individuals and very less individuals found in family Lycaenidae. Other butterfly families shows moderate occurrence in various regions of Maharashtra. The observation of literature indicate that every butterfly family has its own importance in maintaining biodiversity of ecosystem so in view of this there is need of future planning for effective butterfly conservation and their host plants as well as nectar food plants conservation. It also aims to review the current status of biodiversity of butterflies in Maharashtra state and the protected areas of its locality.
