A study on diversity of butterflies in sathyamangalam tiger reserve, erode district, Tamil Nadu, India: based on a faunisticsurvey tour

The present paper comprises of 56 species of butterflies belonging to 40 genera under 4 families viz... Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae, and Lycaenidaewhich were collected, photographed and identified by the authors during a fifteen days faunistic survey tour to Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu, from 27- 07-2023 to 10-08-2023.The family Nymphalidae was predominant in terms of species richness (23 species) followed by Pieridae (16 species), Lycaenidae (9 species) and Papilionidae(8 species) in the present observation. This study provides an understanding of butterfly diversity in Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve and further studies will reveal a greater number of species from this protected area and also provide an insight for the restoration of the forest habitat.