BUTTERFLY ADDITIONS FOR HYDERABAD CITY

An article - City biodiversity improves significantly published in Telangana Today , Dated 19-4-2023 , caught my immediate attention , since it included one image of butterfly as well as list of 9 butterfly additions with scientific names and families.

HYD - new acronym for HYDERABAD YOU DESERVE is the city where I am born and is presently living. Its the place which I love mostly after Delhi ( where I stayed for my Doctoral programme at IARI, Pusa Campus ) and Benaras, the eternal city .

Hyderabad , is famously known for its Biryani ( Love for biryani only seems to be growing in the country, as Swiggy said on Thursday , 13-4-23, that Indians ordered 137 plates of biryani per minute during 2022) and Pearls . It was earlier known as the City of Lakes presently has around 1350 waterbodies occupying an area of 2000 ha .

Adventurists can look for important rock formations ( part of Deccan Plateau ) .Other than this, one can take Heritage Walk( s ) in Old city on every Sunday, starting from iconic Charminar.

Hyderabad is the first city in country to have its CBI ( Don't confused with Central Bureau of Investigation ) , it is City Biodiversity Index , as well as it has updated second time in 2023.

Coming back to Butterfly additions for Hyderabad , I have collected images and other information from various sources , to provide an idea for specially to school children and one who loves Butterflies .

Red Helen -Papilio helenus Linneaus

Red Helen is a large swallowtail butterfly found in forests of southern India and parts of southeast Asia. In India it occurs along the Western Ghats from Kerala to Gujarat, in the north from Mussoorie eastwards, to north-east India and onto Myanmar. It is very commonly found Maharashtra, but also rarely in Gujarat and parts of Kerala. Its history can be traced back to Assam and Western Ghats, where it is currently endemic.Primarily a butterfly of the forests it can be seen on the forest edge, usually puddling alongside streams .

African Emigrant - Catopsilla florella Fabricius

African Emigrant, is also commonly referred as African migrant or common vagrant . As the name suggests , the species has a habit of migration. The larvae feed on Senna occidentalis, Senna septentrionalis, Senna petersiana, Senna italica, Cassia javanica, and Cassia fistula.

Above image - Male : below image - Female

Dark Blue Tiger - Tirumala septentrionis Butler

This butterfly is one of the predominant species displaying gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India during which many species migrate. Both males and females appear to migrate in equal numbers. It is distributed from Himalayas to Simla to Sikkim, into Assam, Myanmar, Cambodia and Southeast Asia; Odisha; West Bengal, southern India, the Western Ghats and Nilgiris. butterfly shows gregarious migratory behaviour in southern India.