Checklist of Rhopalocera fauna of District Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

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https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.452

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Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Rhopalocera, Srinagar, Dachigam National park, diversity index, India

Abstract

The survey carried out in March - December 2021 has revealed the presence of Forty-seven Rhopalocera species under the families: Hesperiidae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Papilionidae and Pieridae, belonging to 37 genera and five families from district Srinagar.

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2023-06-30

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Nisar, H. (2023). Checklist of Rhopalocera fauna of District Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea). SHILAP Revista De lepidopterología, 51(202), 201–211. https://doi.org/10.57065/shilap.452

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