Preliminary Study Of Butterfly Diversty At Jasdan, Rajkot, India

The butterflies play an important role as the pollinator, carries pollen from oneflower to another. Their larvaeact as the pest, injurious to various crops.Present study was carried out at Hingolgadh area,Jasdan, GujaratduringOctober 2013 to December 2013to record the speciescomposition ofbutterflies. During this study a total of 15 species and 04families werereported.The reported families Nymphalidae covered 42.85 %,Papilionidae21.43 %, Danaidae 14.29 % and Pieridae21.43 % biodiversity ofbutterflies of the study area. In Nymphalidae included, JunoniaOrithya,Junoniaalmanac, Bybliailithyia, Hypolimnasbolina, HypolimnasmisippusandCynthia cardui. InPapilionidae included Pachlioptaaristolochiae,Papiliodemoliusand Papiliopolytes. In Pierinaeincluded Danauschrysip pusandDanausgenutia. In Pieridae includedCeporanerissa, CatopsiliacrocaleandColotisetrida. Species diversity index (H') was highest (1.12) in case offamily Nymphalidae compared to other.It is suggest that butterfly speciesdiversitygenerally increase with increase in vegetation and declines with theincrease in disturbance.A detail study is required for further exploration ofbutterfly fauna of Jasdan, Rajkot, Saurashtra.