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Volume : IV, Issue : II, March - 2014

BUTTERFLY FAUNA OF NAMBOR AND GARAMPANI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY, ASSAM, INDIA

Mayur Bawri, Jaydev Mandal and Rajeev Basumatary

By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

The Brahmaputra Valley of Assam plains supports several protected areas for the conservation of the wildlife; also counted among one of the world's biodiversity hotspot regions that has been a biological frontier even in the twenty first century. Nambor and Garampani WLS is one among them; harboring diverse group of plants and animals. Butterflies are the indicators of healthy ecosystem and very sensitive to habitat degradation and pollution, they are also very important group as they are the natural pollinators. The present study provides an array of butterfly diversity of Nambor-Garampani WLS. A total of 123 species/subspecies representing 78 genera and five families have been recorded. The family Nymphalidae was found dominant with 57 [46%] species followed by Lycaenidae 24 [20%], Peridae 18 [15%], Papilionidae 14 [11%] and Hesperidae 10 [8%] species respectively.

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