Butterflies of Sundarbans

Sundarban is the last remaining largest mangrove forest of the world with rich ecosystem and immense diversity, spread over 10,200 sqkm. across the delta of the river Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna on the Bay of Bengal. The mangrove ecosystem of Sundarban is the home to diverse types of aquatic and terrestrial plants and animals. Butterflies being important part in the food chain act as a source of food for various predators and an important media of plant pollination. In the recent years butterflies are considered as a focal species for biodiversity conservation in different parts of the world.

This is the first complete photographic field guide on the butterflies of Sundarban, a mangrove area in the Bay of Bengal, India.