Pattern of Visit by Butterflies in Different Time Frames on Lantana camara Linnaeus in Urban Landscapes of Kolkata
Ritam Dutta1, Sayantan Mitra1★★ Corresponding author
- 1Department of Zoology, Bidhannagar Govt. College, EB-2, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, INDIA.
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Sayantan Mitra
Department of Zoology, Bidhannagar Govt. College, EB-2, Sector 1, Salt Lake, Kolkata, West Bengal 700064, INDIA.
Received: 16-01-2017; Revised: 12-02-2017; Accepted: 09-03-2017.
Volume 6, Issue 1 · pp. 369–373 · PUBLISHED 30 April 2017 · DOI:
ABSTRACT
Plant insect interaction is a healthy phenomenon in the nature. In the urbanised area, butterfly and flowering plant interaction indicates the status of environment of such area. Lantana camara Linnaeus is an invasive plant with a great negative impact to the nature but the butterfly association with this plant also has a great impact for holding biodiversity.A work was conducted to study the association of butterflies with Lantana camara Linnaeus in different time frame viz. 6-8 am, 8-10am, 10am-12pm, 12-2pm, 2-4pm and 4-6pm. A total number of 24 species of butterflies belonging to 4 sub families has been reported from this plant. Among these six time frames 8-10am holds significantly highest butterfly visitors (χ²=11.96296, df=5, p =0.035312). Visitations of different butterfly families also have been studied and study shows different pattern of visit for different family in each time frame.
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Dutta, R., & Mitra, S. (2017). Pattern of Visit by Butterflies in Different Time Frames on Lantana camara Linnaeus in Urban Landscapes of Kolkata. Asian Journal of Biological and Life sciences, 6(1), 369–373.