Monimala Saikia, Mohendra Borah and Kumud Ghosh
Abstract
The Sericultural Training Institute, Titabar, Assam is the first institution in the North-East India and more particularly in the world who is imparting technical and scientific knowhow to the students and trainees in the non-mulberry sector like Eri and Muga in particular and Mulberry sector in general. Through this study a checklist of butterfly diversity in the said area along with proposed area of the College of Sericulture, Titabar, Assam Agricultural University has been prepared. This is the first attempt to explore the butterfly diversity of this area. This list includes 65 species of butterflies belonging to 37 genera.