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Acknowledgements:The authors are grateful to the Principal, J.K. College, Purulia; Principal, Bangabasi College, Kolkata and Principal, Bagnan College, Howrah for the facilities and support provided to carry out the work. The authors are thankful to the face book groups "Butterflies of India" and "Identify your Butterfly" for rendering help in identifying some of the butterfly photographs. The authors are also grateful to the editors and reviewers. A total of 54 butterfly species were recorded representing 39 genera in six families. Nymphalidae was the most dominant family with 46.3% of the total species. As this is the first report of butterfly diversity from this region, the present study may help in plan...
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