Uttar Pradesh hosts over 200 butterfly species, but all of them had names given by the British, just as the others found in India. This is the first time that names have been given in Hindi after research.
“Uttar Pradesh hosts over 200 butterfly species, but all of them had names given by the British, just as the others found in India. This is the first time that names have been given in Hindi after research ,” said Rupak De, former head of the forest force, Uttar Pradesh, and researcher on butterflies. He is part of the ‘Rashtriya Titli Namkaran Sabha‘ that has listed Hindi names for butterflies.