Climate Change And Its Impacts On Butterfly In And Around Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu

Species abundance has declined in number as revealed by recent studies. A total of 56 species of butterflies under 7 families and 32 genera were observed and recorded in Kanchipuram are Pieridae (15) and Nymphalidae (14) was recorded as the most dominant families in terms of number of species, followed by Papilionidae (8) Lycaenidae (7) Danaidae (5) Hesperiidae (6) and Acraeidae (1). Due to habitat destruction, climate change, pollution and urbanization there is a serious loss in butterfly population. It affects pollination and also ecological imbalance in the ecosystem. Some of the butterflies in the list are under the verge of extinction and also placed in red list catergory.