Plain Tiger, Lemon Pansy: This year’s butterfly survey finds 68 species across Delhi’s 7 parks

According to Faiyaz Khudsar, idiosyncratic in-charge of the Biodiversity Parks Programme, the appraisal is important for a semipermanent knowing of biology changes.

Plain Tiger, Common Emigrant Yellow Orange Tip and Lemon Pansy, Common Gull were the apical taxon based connected their colonisation size.

Aravalli Biodiversity Park recorded the highest of 58 butterfly species, portion Kalindi Biodiversity Park reported the lowest of 18 species. However, Aravalli reported a diminution from the erstwhile year’s 65 species.

Yamuna Biodiversity Park recorded the aforesaid fig of taxon arsenic the erstwhile twelvemonth i.e, 41.

Neela Hauz Biodiversity Park reported a driblet from 28 taxon successful 2023 to 22 taxon successful 2024. While successful the Northern Ridge, the aforesaid fig of taxon i.e., 48 were reported. The fig of taxon successful Tilpath Valley Biodiversity Park fell from 43 to 38. Whereas, successful Tughlaqabad and Kalindi Biodiversity parks determination was a flimsy spike successful the fig of taxon from 37 successful 2023 to 45 successful 2024 and 17 successful 2023 to 18 successful 2024 respectively.

“… temperatures were higher this year, starring to a flimsy driblet successful butterfly sightings. However, the 2024 butterfly number confirms that DDA Biodiversity Parks person go affluent habitats for Delhi’s butterflies,” work an authoritative connection from the Biodiversity Parks Programme.

According to Dr Khudsar, the regular butterfly counts were conducted with groups of 5 to 10 observers walking designated transects (500m to 2500m) to papers butterflies.

Adult butterflies seen prima basking, mating, laying eggs, and larvae and eggs connected big plants were observed.

Coordinated by elder scientists, Dr Aisha Sultana and Mohammad Faisal from Biodiversity Parks Programme, CEMDE, this was the sixth specified survey.

“Butterflies are important pollinators and highly delicate to biology changes, including aerial pollution, temperature, and rainfall,” noted Khudsar.