Mangalore's Butterfly Park is home to 118 butterfly species

MANGALORE: Sammilan Shetty's Butterfly Park that was formally inaugurated in August this year has so far attracted 118 species including rare species like Blue Nawab and Southern Birdwing, which is the largest of Indian butterflies and endemic to Southern India.

Southern Birdwing (Troides minos), which is the largest Indian variety with a wingspan of 19 cms, is a regular visitor of the park, that is located at Belvai near Karkala, 42 kms away from Mangalore. While the park, which is the only private initiative in the state, is open to public on all Sundays, an average of 80 enthusiasts visit from different parts of the nation. The only private butterfly park with 7.35 acres founded by Sammilan Shetty, a college lecturer in the city, attracts not only butterflies, but also enthusiasts, students and researchers from all over the country.

Sammilan Shetty told TOI that the butterfly population in the park has increased, compared to the last year's count. "We have added three new species to the checklist after the inauguration, with the total species count reaching 118 now. New species are Blue Nawab (Polyura schreiber), a rare butterfly belonging to the family nymphalidae, the Long-banded Silverline (Spindasis lohita) belonging to the family lycaenidae and Chestnut Angle (Odontoptilum angulatum)," Shetty said.

He said, it is time to sight some of the rare beauties like The Malabar Banded Peacock (Papilio buddha). "Malabar Banded Peacock is considered as India's third beautiful butterfly and also endemic to Western Ghats. The life cycle of South India's rare beauty - Autumn Leaf butterfly (Doleschallia bisaltide) and the largest butterfly of India the Southern Birdwing are sighted at the park at present. The wingspan of females of Southern Birdwing grows up to 19cms," Shetty said adding that Southern Birdwing is a regular visitor till the end of November. Shetty shares information through www.butterflyparkbelvai.com on his park and arrival of new species.

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