{"id":169292,"date":"2025-01-25T14:34:26","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T09:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=169292"},"modified":"2025-01-25T14:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T09:04:27","slug":"kaziranga-named-indias-second-largest-butterfly-diversity-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/kaziranga-named-indias-second-largest-butterfly-diversity-hub\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaziranga Named India\u2019s Second Largest Butterfly Diversity Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kaziranga National Park, renowned for its iconic one-horned rhinoceros, has now gained recognition as India\u2019s second-largest butterfly diversity hub. Following Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, Kaziranga is home to an impressive 446 butterfly species. This newfound distinction highlights the park\u2019s rich biodiversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">New Species Discovery<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The study revealed&nbsp;<strong>18 new species of butterflies recorded in Kaziranga<\/strong>&nbsp;that were previously unreported in India. Some notable species include,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Burmese Threering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Glassy Cerulean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dark-bordered Hedge Blue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andaman Yellow Banded Flat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ferrar\u2019s Cerulean<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Great Red-vein Lancer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peacock Oakblue<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Singled-lined Flash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow-tailed Awlking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>White Palm Bob<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dark-dusted Palm Dart<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clavate Banded Demon<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pale-marked Ace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Yellow Onyx<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Long-winged Hedge Blue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panbari Reserve Forest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Apart from the national park, the<strong>\u00a0Panbari Reserve Forest in Kaziranga is also home to a wide variety of butterfly species<\/strong>, further contributing to the region\u2019s ecological richness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Guidebook on Butterflies<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/applinknew.adda247.com\/d\/saAcRMmRBx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi has authored a new pictorial guidebook that documents the 446 species of butterflies found in Kaziranga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Importance of Butterfly Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gaurab Nandi Das, a representative from the Czech Republic, presented insights on butterfly taxonomy at the meet, emphasizing the<strong>\u00a0importance of butterfly conservation efforts in Kaziranga.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaziranga National Park, renowned for its iconic one-horned rhinoceros, has now gained recognition as India\u2019s second-largest butterfly diversity hub. Following Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh, Kaziranga is home to an impressive 446 butterfly species. This newfound distinction highlights the park\u2019s rich biodiversity. New Species Discovery The study revealed&nbsp;18 new species of butterflies recorded in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":169299,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5244],"tags":[2996,89],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-169292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-october-2024","tag-assam-current-affairs-2","tag-national-park-current-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169300,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169292\/revisions\/169300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169292"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/offerexpiration?post=169292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}