TY  - JOUR
T1  - Studies on the Density of Butterflies in Railway Colony, Madurai
A1  - Thavamani Malar Meenakshi
A1  - Antony Joseph Thatheyus
JF  - specialty journal of biological sciences
JO  - SPEC. J. BIOL. SCI.
SN  - 2412-7396
Y1  - 2019
VL  - 5
IS  - 4
SP  - 40
EP  - 48
N2  - 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.
UR  - https://sciarena.com/article/studies-on-the-density-of-butterflies-in-railway-colony-madurai
ER  -