Butterfly checklist of central academy for state forest service campus, Burnihat, Assam

Central Academy for State Forest Service (CASFoS) is located in the border area of two northeastern states, Assam & Meghalaya. One side of this campus is in the Kamrup district of Assam and other side Khasi hill, Riboi district of Meghalaya. Despite the interstates faunal significance of the area, the area remains poorly documented in terms of butterfly community and hence data deficient. The present study was taken therefore with an objective of providing a baseline data of the butterfly community in CASFoS, Assam. This documentation is the first scientific report on the butterfly faunal diversity from this academy campus. A total of 121 species representing 82 genera and six families have been recorded. The family Nymphalidae was dominant with 45 species under 11 subfamilies, followed by Lycaenidae 25 species under 3 subfamilies, Hesperiidae 24 species under 3 subfamilies, Peridae 14 species under 2 subfamilies, Papilionidae 12 species under 1 subfamily, and Riodininae 1 species under 1 subfamily.