Uttarakhand offers a rich practice to protect its vast range of biological and cultural diversity. There is a wide range of butterfly diversity and dispersion across preserved areas of Uttarakhand that can be seen here which is a pinnacle over the last 38 years. The list includes over 393 butterfly species and six families. You can notice around 51 species which was reported based on the presence or absence of unique and rare to a specific guarded space, are the species that needs bothering as they might extinct through slight modifications in their environments. The famous Jim Corbett National Park is not just known for the species of tigers, elephant, and leopards; this national park even has a great wonderful horizon of butterfly too. Just few know about the vibrant world of butterfly and it is said that there are over 200 spices of butterfly there.
Some of the major species easily seen in Corbett are Kaman Tiger, Spat Svadrtel, Common Nawab, Kaman Kebbel, Dark ku Tiger, chocolate Soldier, Yellow Pansy etc. There are many beautiful butterfly that can easily seen in the various zones of Bijrani, Jhirna, Dhikala, and Lohachaur of Jim Corbett. Lycaenidae is the largest family of butterflies found in Corbett with over 6000 species found in the world. You can find more than 440 species of butterflies in India that belongs to this family. Rounded Pierrot is a tiny butterfly associating to the Lycaenidae family. It is a peculiar species to note in Corbett Tiger National Park.
Forget-Me-Not is another butterfly relating to family Lycaenidae of butterflies. You can identify it because it’s a small butterfly with wings of 23-35 mm. it is another uncommon species to see in Corbett Tiger Reserve, and is distributed across the areas of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, and Bangladesh of the Indian subcontinent and ranging through south-east Asia. Forget-Me-Not is a fast flying butterfly and prefers to roam around scrub and deciduous forests. Summer and monsoon are great seasons to look for such butterflies in the Himalayas foothills and there are so many species being seen at Jim’s Jungle Retreat, on the southern boundary of Corbett Park. Butterflies are not merely a part of bio diversity but it’s also very crucial for the plants and tree pollination.