%0 Journal Article
%T Diversity of Butterflies in Tamil Nadu Agriculture College and Research Institute ‎Campus, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India ‎
%A Jeyalakshmi
%A Surendran Appasamy
%A Joseph Thatheyus Antony
%J specialty journal of biological sciences
%@ 2412-7396
%D 2019
%V 5
%N 4
%P 53-59
%X 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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