Corbett National Park in the terai belt of Uttarakhand has long been all about tigers and to some extent wild elephants. But Corbett Landscape has lot more to do and enjoy than just tiger safari. Butterfly trails are one of them. Butterflies signify everything beautiful in our nature. One of the most delicate living beings is also one of the strongest indicators of health of our surrounding ecosystem. !function(e,t,c,a){if(!e.fwn&&(a="fwn_script",n=e.fwn=function(){ n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments) },e._fwn||(e._fwn=n),n.queue=[],!t.getElementById(a))){var d=document.createElement("script"); d.async=1,d.src=c,d.id=a,t.getElementsByTagName("head")[0].appendChild(d)} }(window,document,"//asset.fwcdn1.com/js/fwn.js"); fwn({ ...
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As many as 77 new species of butterflies have been found in the ecologically sensitive forest of Matheran hill station near Mumbai during a study conducted there over the last eight years, according to the Bombay Natural History Society. With this, the total number of butterfly species in the Matheran forest has now gone up to 140, city-based Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) scientist Mandar Sawant said. Matheran is spread over an area of 214.73 sq km and is located about 80 km from the Maharashtra capital. "The eight-year-long rigorous study undertaken by BNHS from 2011 to 2019 has resulted in the discovery of 77 new species of butterflies in Matheran," the non-governmental research organisation said in a statement. "After a span of 125 years, for the first time such a ...
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