Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mumbai, one of the largest metro cities in the world, holds rich biodiversity in few green fragmented naturalor manmade habitats. One such habitat is the Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP). MNP is located in a highly polluted areaof Mumbai; this was a dumping ground for nearly 26 years. In 1983, it was r...

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Main Authors: Raut, N. B., Pendharkar, A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2010-01-01
Series:Check List
Online Access:http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL020-09
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spelling doaj-6430b57fe58d4fb0a5dd6e4c3bc31b4b2020-11-25T01:58:10ZengPensoft PublishersCheck List1809-127X2010-01-01612225Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaRaut, N. B.Pendharkar, A.Mumbai, one of the largest metro cities in the world, holds rich biodiversity in few green fragmented naturalor manmade habitats. One such habitat is the Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP). MNP is located in a highly polluted areaof Mumbai; this was a dumping ground for nearly 26 years. In 1983, it was restored into a semi-natural forest with theinitial technical inputs from World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India). Presently, this nature park supports a richbiodiversity but lacks proper documentation. Such information is essential as the park serves as an important study areafor many schools, college students and for many nature lovers. Previous documentation has reported 38 butterfly speciesfrom the park. The present study carried out from June 2005 to November 2005 has documented 53 species belonging tofive families from MNP.http://www.checklist.org.br/getpdf?SL020-09
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Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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title Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
title_short Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
title_full Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
title_fullStr Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
title_full_unstemmed Butterfly (Rhopalocera) fauna of Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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description Mumbai, one of the largest metro cities in the world, holds rich biodiversity in few green fragmented naturalor manmade habitats. One such habitat is the Maharashtra Nature Park (MNP). MNP is located in a highly polluted areaof Mumbai; this was a dumping ground for nearly 26 years. In 1983, it was restored into a semi-natural forest with theinitial technical inputs from World Wide Fund for Nature-India (WWF-India). Presently, this nature park supports a richbiodiversity but lacks proper documentation. Such information is essential as the park serves as an important study areafor many schools, college students and for many nature lovers. Previous documentation has reported 38 butterfly speciesfrom the park. The present study carried out from June 2005 to November 2005 has documented 53 species belonging tofive families from MNP.
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