Occurrence Of Butterflies From Tilari Reserved Forest, Chandgad, Kolhapur District Of Maharashtra (India)

Tilari reserved forest is a high standard habitat for biodiversity of butterflies and its geographical location is suitable as compared to other area of Chandgad tahsil. The study area falls under hilly ranges of Konkan-Western Ghats corridor. This is a first attempt made to survey and documentation of butterflies from Tilari reserved forest. The study was carried out from 2015 to 2016. Present investigation revealed that total 52 species of butterflies belonging to 36 genera and 5 families. Out of which 27 species were belonging to family Nymphalidae and remained dominant followed by the family Lycaenidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae and Hesperiidae with 8, 7, 7 and 3 species respectively.