Table 2 Species richness in term of number of species, Shannon-Weiner Diversity Index (H′) and Evenness (E) of the Butterfly families observed at Dehing Patkai National Park
Family | Number of species | Number of individual | Shannon-Weiner diversity index (H′) | Pielou’s Evenness index (E) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nymphalidae | 41 | 143 | 3.604584 | 0.970651 |
Lycaenidae | 16 | 42 | 2.590941 | 0.934484 |
Papilionidae | 17 | 38 | 2.68954 | 0.94929 |
Pieridae | 8 | 26 | 1.936217 | 0.931123 |
Hesperiidae | 10 | 23 | 2.208639 | 0.9592 |