Preliminary Observations on the Butterfly Fauna of Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana, India

Four new records of Lycaenid (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Butterflies from Haryana, India

“…These species are new additions to the butterflies of Haryana state. Sethy & Ray (2010) [9] in a preliminary list of 35 species of butterflies of Kalesar National Park, Haryana, fail to record these four species. Kumar (2013) [4] provided an account of 84 species under 53 genera and 5 families of butterflies from Kalesar National Park, Haryana except these four species.…”

“…Kumar (2020) [5] could not record these species while reporting 109 species under 74 genera of butterflies from the state Haryana. The species Zizina Otis (Fabricius, 1787) [2] and Freyeria putli (Kollar, 1844) [3] have been earlier reported from the neighbouring states i.e., Punjab (Sharma & Kumar, 2019) [11] , Himachal Pradesh (Sidhu & Sharma, 2021) [12] and Uttarakhand (Sondhi and Kunte, 2018) [9] but could not be recorded from any other localities in Haryana except Khol Hi-Raitan WLS. The species, Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, 1879) [8] and Celastrina lavendularis (Moore, 1877) [6] , could not be recorded from the neighbouring states, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh by Sharma & Kumar (loccit.)…”

Diversity and status of butterfly fauna at Kurukshetra University campus, Haryana, India

“…Uniyal & Bhargav (2007) documented 24 species of butterflies belonging to four families from Bir Shikargah Wildlife Sanctuary. Sethy & Ray (2010) recorded 35 species of butterflies under 24 genera and five families from Kalesar Wildlife Sanctuary.…”