GUWAHATI: Kaziranga National Park has reported over 446 butterfly species, placing it the second highest in India, after Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh. This finding is attributed to years of dedicated research by Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi, a scientist hailing from Kaziranga.\
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The first-ever "Butterfly Conservation Meet-2024," conducted from September 27 to 29, brought nearly 40 butterfly enthusiasts together from across the nation. Participants included representatives from North Eastern Hill University, Cotton University, and Maharashtra Forest Department. Presentations on butterfly taxonomy were part of the event.
Additionally, the participants witnessed a total of 85 species of butterflies flitting across the Kaziranga-Karbi Anglong landscape.
Gogoi documented 446 species of butterflies with 18 as new records for India. The meeting also brought up the need for butterfly conservation work alongside its famous wildlife, the Bengal tiger and the One-horned rhinoceros.