TY - JOUR AU - NARENDER SHARMA2, NEHA NEGI 1 AND PY - 2019/06/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - 1. ASSESMENT OF BUTTERFLY (LEPIDOPTERA - PAPILIONOIDEA) DIVERSITY OF MANAK SIDH AND SURROUNDING AREA, DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND, INDIA by NEHA NEGI 1 AND NARENDER SHARMA2 JF - LIFE SCIENCES LEAFLETS JA - LSL VL - 112 IS - 0 SE - Research Paper DO - UR - https://petsd.org/ojs/index.php/lifesciencesleaflets/article/view/1411 SP - 01 TO 11 AB - <p>This study was conducted on the butterfly fauna of Manak Sidh area of Dehradun, Uttrakhand, India. In this present study, a total of 46 butterfly species under 36 genera were recorded from the area for the first time, which belong to five families <em>i.e.</em>, Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae, Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. The most diverse family in the study area was Nymphalidae having 28 species (61%), followed by Lycaenidae 8 species (17%), Pieridae 6 species (13%), Papilionidae 3 species (7%) and Hesperiidae 1 species (2%). A total of 20 nectar plant species were observed during the study on which most of the butterflies were feeding. The most plant preferred nectar resources were <em>Lantana camara </em>and <em>Mangifera indica </em>on which almost 16 butterfly species were observed feeding.</p> ER -