FIRST BUTTERFLY PARK OF NORTHEAST
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Context: A butterfly park established by the forest department in a village near the India-Bangladesh international border in South Tripura district is now attracting tourists from all over the country and Bangladesh.
Details:
- The Butterfly EcoPark at Chottakhola, close to the Trishna WildLife sanctuary is the first butterfly park of northeast.
- Opened in 2016 in an area of ​​5.5 hectares with 250 species of butterflies.
- This park is near the endangered bison park in Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary and Indo-Bangla Maitri Park to commemorate the Liberation War of Bangladesh.
- The surroundings attract many tourists and this will help the economic development of Tripura.
- You can also export butterflies and earn a lot of foreign currency.
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About Butterflies:
- Butterflies are considered indicators of good ecological balance and healthy nature.
- Butterflies have a very short life span. They live only 15 to 30 days
- Tripura recently declared the Common Birdwing as the state butterfly.
- In recent years, due to human pollution and climate change, the number of butterflies and their natural habitats are decreasing.
What is a butterfly?
- Butterfly is adult flying stage of certain insects belonging to the order or group called Lepidoptera.
- The word "Lepidoptera" means "scaly wing" in Greek.
- Like other insects, butterflies have six legs and three main body parts: head, thorax (breast or midsection), and abdomen (tip of the tail).
- It also has two antennas and an exoskeleton.
Butterfly life cycle
- The life cycle consists of the stages that an organism goes through from the beginning to the end of its life.
- Butterflies go through a process called complete metamorphosis during their lifetime.
- This means that the butterfly goes from the initial larval stage, when it is a caterpillar, to the final stage, when it becomes a beautiful and beautiful adult butterfly.
- The life cycle of a butterfly has four stages: egg, larva, pupa, and adult.
About Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary:
- 111 kms from Agartala
- Covers an area of 197.7 sq km
- Established in 1988.
- The vegetation consists of four types of forest – the tropical semi-evergreen forest, the east Himalayan lower Bhanar Sal, Moist mixed deciduous forest and the Savanah woodland.
- The main attractions of the sanctuary are the Indian Gaur (Bison), Deer, Hooklock Gibbon, Golden langur, Pheasants, Lalmukh Bandar, Wild Boar, Wild Cat, Leopard.
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PRACTICE QUESTION Q) Discuss the ecological importance of Butterflies. (150 words) |
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