Journal of Bioresource Management (Mar 2020)

An Annotated Checklist of Butterflies at Elevated Protected Areas of Pakistan

  • Madeeha Manzoor,
  • Sher Wali Khan,
  • Safdar Ali Shah

DOI
https://doi.org/10.35691/JBM.0202.0119
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 41 – 52

Abstract

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Different vegetation types, cater to the needs of butterflies at different stages of their life cycle. Some caterpillars are specific in their diet and egg-laying, such as the caterpillar of the Monarch butterfly, which mainly consumes leaves of milkweed and hence prefers laying eggs on this plant (Faldyn et al., 2018). This entomological research was undertaken at protected areas of Pakistan that include Dhirkot Nature Reserve, Pir Chanasi National Park, Banjosa Game Reserve, Pir Lasura National Park and Tolipir National Park. Forty-four different species of butterflies were recorded from the study area. The highest diversity of butterflies was observed from PCNP (34) and least from PLNP (15).

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