Diversity Analysis and Dry Preservation of Butterflies to Understand Future Strategies in CGU Campus, Odisha, India
Priyanka Biswal
Department of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, C.V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-742054, India.
Neelanjana Choudhury *
Department of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, C.V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-742054, India.
Bhawani Mahakuda
Department of Agriculture and Allied Sciences, C.V. Raman Global University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha-742054, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Butterflies are excellent markers of environmental evaluation because of their sensitive nature and changes in butterflies’ habitats have a direct impact on them. Increasing urbanization may have catastrophic repercussions on both regional and global levels by causing habitat loss. The current study was conducted from January to April during the morning and afternoon hours of the year, 2023 in the State of Odisha within the campus of C.V Raman Global University to explore the diversity of butterflies and ways towards the sustainable maintenance of butterfly species over the long term. Altogether, 108 individuals and 17 butterfly species belonging to 3 families, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, and Papilionidae were documented. Nymphalidae, one of the three families, was found to have the most diverse number of species, 11 (64.72%), followed by Pieridae with 4 species (23.52%), and Papilionidae with only 2 species (11.76%). An index of diversity (H’) for the butterfly family Nymphalidae is 1.944327 and Evenness is 0.810847 indicating the highest level of diversity and for the Papilionidae family Shannon diversity index is 0.529706 and Evenness is 0.764205 which shows the lowest level of diversity. The current study also suggests sustainable maintenance steps for the butterfly population on the campus.
Keywords: Butterflies, diversity, preservation, CGU, nymphalidae, pieridae, papilionidae