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specialty journal of biological sciences
Volume 5, 2019, Issue 4
Diversity of Butterflies in Tamil Nadu Agriculture College and Research Institute ‎Campus, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India ‎
Jeyalakshmi, Surendran Appasamy, Joseph Thatheyus Antony
Pages: 53-59

Abstract

Butterflies form an important group of insects and offer many ecosystem services. Their ‎survival and diversity is influenced by several factors including habitat destruction and ‎climate change. Hence the present study aims at monitoring the diversity of butterflies in ‎Tamil Nadu Agriculture College and Research Institute campus from July 2015 to April ‎‎2016. Monthly transect counts were carried out in selected locations and the Biodiversity ‎indices were calculated using formulae. Totally 52 species of butterflies belonging to four ‎families were recorded. Biodiversity indices exhibited variations with reference to months ‎and the results are discussed‎‎.



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