BUTTERFLY DIVERSITY IN COTTON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA
PUJA BISHAYA
Department of Zoology, S.B. Deorah College, Guwahati, Assam, India and Department of Environmental Biology and Wildlife Sciences, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam, India and Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam. India.
KAROBI SAIKIA
Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam. India.
RENU GOGOI *
Department of Zoology, Cotton University, Guwahati, Assam. India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
The butterfly diversity was surveyed in Cotton University Campus, Guwahati, Assam. A total of 39 species and 511 individuals were recorded, Psyche being the most dominant butterfly species (n=47). The maximum number of species encountered was in family Nymphalidae (n=14) while minimum in family Hesperidae (n=3). Number of individuals encountered was maximum in family Pieridae (n=158) while minimum in family Hesperidae (n=4). Diversity was most in the family Nymphalidae (H=2.33, D=8.81) while least in family Hesperiidae (H=1.04, D=2.67). Evenness was maximum in the family Hesperiidae, (EH=0.95, ED=0.89) while minimum in family Papilionidae. (EH = 0.73 and ED= 0.55).
Keywords: Butterfly, hesperidae, nyhmphalidae, papilionidae, pieridae