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Butterfly park in Jamshedpur [1]

JAMSHEDPUR: Colourful and refreshing, the Butterfly Park set up by the Tata Steel Zoological Society, here, the first in the eastern region, has become the cynosure of all eyes. The species on display were the Plain Tiger, Lime Butterfly, Commander and Lemon Pansy, while those like the Common Emigrant, Common Crow, Peacock Pansy, Common Castor were being bred. Hundreds of butterflies of the five species have been released in the display area while efforts were on to collect plants on which the larvae of the other species fed.

Publication Date: 
27/02/2008
Indian Express (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Butterflies [3], National Parks [4], Jharkhand [5]
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