Faunal-Diversity of Butterflies in District Rewari, Haryana, India

A survey was conducted to document butterfly diversity in the district Rewari, a semiarid region in Haryana, India from March 2021 to November 2022. A total of forty-two species of butterflies belonging to thirty genera and five families were identified. The expedition revealed that the diversity of the family Pieridae (40.47%) is maximum followed by Lycaenidae (28.57%), Nymphalidae (16.66%), Hesperiidae (9.52%) and Papilionidae (4.76%). It has also been observed that the species Euchrysop cnejus cnejus, Lampides boeticus and Melanitis zitenius are mentioned in Schedule II of the Indian Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. However, other species are mentioned in Schedule I and II.