Checklist of Rhopalocera fauna of District Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, India (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)
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Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Rhopalocera, Srinagar, Dachigam National park, diversity index, IndiaAbstract
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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