BIOINFOLET - A Quarterly Journal of Life Sciences
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  • Year: 2021
  • Volume: 18
  • Issue: 1a

Butterfly fauna of Golaghat district, Assam, India

  • Author:
  • Chayanika Chetia1, Sajmir Azad
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 57 to 60

1P.G. Department of Life Sciences, Debraj Roy College, Golaghat-785621, Assam, India

Advanced Level Institutional Biotech Hub, Debraj Roy College, Golaghat-785621, Assam, India

Online published on 27 April, 2021.

Abstract

Present study on butterfly fauna, belonging to order Lepidoptera, from tea plantation areas of Golaghat district of Assam, was undertaken by “Pollard Walk” method during July, 2019 to January, 2020. In all, 62 species of butterflies, belonging to six families of the order Lepidoptera, were recorded. Among them the species belonging to Nymphalidae represented highest number (19) of species.

Keywords

Butterfly species, Abundance, Tea plantation, Golaghat, Assam