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Journal of entomology and zoology studies, 2015
Beginning of urbanization is one of the major reasons for habitat fragmentation with environmenta... more Beginning of urbanization is one of the major reasons for habitat fragmentation with environmental degradation, a big threat for decline in species diversity in butterflies. Vadodara, a developing city in Western India fully indulged into establishment of cement & concrete jungles, which have fragmented natural green habitat up to the significant extent. Hence the present study is an attempt to study the species richness and to study availability of larval and nectar resources with respect to preferential colors in urban areas. During the extensive study; Nymphalidae and Pieridae families showed more number of the butterflies species, supported by diversity indices, within limited supply of the major nectar resources like Lantana camara, Tridax procumbens & Ixora coccinea with whitish yellow, yellowish orange and red color flowers, which should be cultivated most during urban designing to provide sustainable resources to restore biodiversity of this natural pollinators in developing...
Background: The world is currently undergoing a very rapid loss of butterfly biodiversity compara... more Background: The world is currently undergoing a very rapid loss of butterfly biodiversity comparable with the great mass extinction events that have previously occurred only five or six times in the Earth’s history. This is an alarming call of these tiny scraps of biodiversity which now have scarce appearance surrounding the huge human kingdom. Objective: The richness of biodiversity depends on the climatic conditions and area of the region. The present research work focuses on studying butterflies diversity, their habitat preferences and seasonal distribution in structured plots of Waghai Botanical Garden. Method: For carrying out systematic study, Waghai Botanical Garden was fragmented into five sub habitats i.e. Dry & Moist Deciduous plot, Evergreen plot, Bamboo plot & Dang plot, Scrub Thorn Forest & Medicinal & Taxonomy plot. Intra-individual comparative abundance study for observed butterfly species within fragmented plots of Waghai botanical garden was carried out graphically ...
Interdependent relationship of butterflies and plants is inevitable for their own successful co-e... more Interdependent relationship of butterflies and plants is inevitable for their own successful co-existence. Agricultural fields of Vadodara, adjoining trees and shrubs serve as host complementary plants for butterflies. The objective of this study was to observe the abundance of butterfly species in the agricultural fields along with important implications for complementary plantations like shrub Lantana camara and Calotropis procera which serve as pollinating grounds and host plants for butterflies. Moreover, family wise distribution of butterflies was also documented to support the species abundance. The study was carried out for a period of two years i.e. June 2012 to June 2014. Results suggest that agricultural fields sustain butterfly species i.e. Charaxes solon which was found feeding on rotten, Musa paradisiaca in banana fields and outlined fenced complementary plantation, harbours Graphium agamemnon on Alstonia scholaris, Ficus benghalensis, Mangifera indica. The bed of Alter...
Journal of entomology and zoology studies, 2015
Beginning of urbanization is one of the major reasons for habitat fragmentation with environmenta... more Beginning of urbanization is one of the major reasons for habitat fragmentation with environmental degradation, a big threat for decline in species diversity in butterflies. Vadodara, a developing city in Western India fully indulged into establishment of cement & concrete jungles, which have fragmented natural green habitat up to the significant extent. Hence the present study is an attempt to study the species richness and to study availability of larval and nectar resources with respect to preferential colors in urban areas. During the extensive study; Nymphalidae and Pieridae families showed more number of the butterflies species, supported by diversity indices, within limited supply of the major nectar resources like Lantana camara, Tridax procumbens & Ixora coccinea with whitish yellow, yellowish orange and red color flowers, which should be cultivated most during urban designing to provide sustainable resources to restore biodiversity of this natural pollinators in developing...
Background: The world is currently undergoing a very rapid loss of butterfly biodiversity compara... more Background: The world is currently undergoing a very rapid loss of butterfly biodiversity comparable with the great mass extinction events that have previously occurred only five or six times in the Earth’s history. This is an alarming call of these tiny scraps of biodiversity which now have scarce appearance surrounding the huge human kingdom. Objective: The richness of biodiversity depends on the climatic conditions and area of the region. The present research work focuses on studying butterflies diversity, their habitat preferences and seasonal distribution in structured plots of Waghai Botanical Garden. Method: For carrying out systematic study, Waghai Botanical Garden was fragmented into five sub habitats i.e. Dry & Moist Deciduous plot, Evergreen plot, Bamboo plot & Dang plot, Scrub Thorn Forest & Medicinal & Taxonomy plot. Intra-individual comparative abundance study for observed butterfly species within fragmented plots of Waghai botanical garden was carried out graphically ...
Interdependent relationship of butterflies and plants is inevitable for their own successful co-e... more Interdependent relationship of butterflies and plants is inevitable for their own successful co-existence. Agricultural fields of Vadodara, adjoining trees and shrubs serve as host complementary plants for butterflies. The objective of this study was to observe the abundance of butterfly species in the agricultural fields along with important implications for complementary plantations like shrub Lantana camara and Calotropis procera which serve as pollinating grounds and host plants for butterflies. Moreover, family wise distribution of butterflies was also documented to support the species abundance. The study was carried out for a period of two years i.e. June 2012 to June 2014. Results suggest that agricultural fields sustain butterfly species i.e. Charaxes solon which was found feeding on rotten, Musa paradisiaca in banana fields and outlined fenced complementary plantation, harbours Graphium agamemnon on Alstonia scholaris, Ficus benghalensis, Mangifera indica. The bed of Alter...