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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. Keywords : Unable to cast object of type 'System.DBNull' to type 'System.String'.
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