%0 Journal Article
%T Studies on the Density of Butterflies in Railway Colony, Madurai
%A Thavamani Malar Meenakshi
%A Antony Joseph Thatheyus
%J specialty journal of biological sciences
%@ 2412-7396
%D 2019
%V 5
%N 4
%P 40-48
%X Butterflies are one of the most beautiful and colourful organisms present on earth. ‎Butterflies are important bioindicators which should be protected to conserve the ‎environment. A survey of Railway Colony, Madurai from March 2018 to August 2018 was ‎carried out. Regular monitoring of the butterflies was carried out every fortnight by making ‎transect counts and recording their number for the entire study period. The study revealed ‎the presence of twenty one species of butterflies belonging to four families. Shannon index, ‎Shannon Evenness and Simpson’s indices of butterflies were calculated. Twenty one species ‎of butterflies were recorded belonging to four families. The family, Nymphalidae dominated ‎with eight species and Pieridae was the least with three species‎‎‎.
%U https://sciarena.com/article/studies-on-the-density-of-butterflies-in-railway-colony-madurai