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Methodology of Diversity of Butterfly

Answer 1

study to find out the diversity of butterflies at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, was carried out over a period of six months from October 2013 to March 2014. A total of 55 butterfly species belonging to 5 families, namely, Hesperiidae (7 species), Papilionidae (4 species), Pieridae (10 species), Lycaenidae (13 species), and Nymphalidae (21 species), were recorded (with photographic record) during the study from three different habitats of campus: open scrub, dry deciduous, and urbanized habitat. Shannon diversity indices and Pielou’s evenness index were calculated for all the habitats. Shannon index was found to be highest for open scrub (3.76). Out of 54 species, Eurema brigitta was the most dominant species followed by Eurema hecabe, Junonia lemonias, and Phalanta phalantha. Dominance of these species can be explained by the presence of their larval and host plants in the campus.

Answer 2

Butterflies presence confirms that the environment and ecosystems is healthy. But at present their presence is declining, to safeguard them and also the ecosystems monitoring them and their diversity is been done by Methodology of Diversity of Butterfly

Various methods are been adopted to monitor these butterflies and conservation of the same is been done. Standardised methods are egg counts, light traps, fixed route walk, Malaise trap and many more.