TO STUDY DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF BUTTERFLIES IN JAWHAR TEHSIL, PALGHAR, MAHARASHTRA, INDIAS.H. Dalvi, N.Y. Urade and N.D. JadhavAbstract This study was conducted in Jawhar taluka of Palghar district which lies in line of Western Ghats from February 2022- March 2022. In Jawhar, Shivajinagar, Jay Sagar Dam, Khadkhad Dam, Kalmandavi were the sites for study. Study reveals that total 23 species were found which belong to 5 families. Nymphalidae comprise of 12 species of butterfly and is richest family with 52% composition, Papilionidae with 4 species (17%), Pieridae 2 species (9%), Lycaenidae 3 species (13%) and Riodinidae 2 species (9%). It also shows that the highest species richness was recorded in Shivajinagar 10 species (44%), Jay Sagar Dam 7 species (30%), Khadkhad Dam 5 species (22%), Kalmandavi 1 species (4%). |