VOTE
AND ELECT
“MUMBAI’S
BUTTERFLY
If you are fascinated by
butterflies, you can elect your favourite species as Mumbai’s butterfly. The BNHS Conservation Education
Centre (CEC) has organized an event to vote and elect "Mumbai's
Butterly" so as to promote watching and conservation of butterflies in the city. The BNHS would be organizing a workshop,
"Breakfast with Butterflies" on Sunday October 27 where enthusiasts
can choose the most fascinating butterfly and vote for it. 
Those who prefer the click of the mouse to attending the event can also take
their pick on the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/cec.bnhs. The
enthusiasts can choose from five shortlisted species- plain tiger, common crow,
common mormon, common emigrant and tailed jay, found in the city. Mumbai, despite its urban landscape has 150 species of butterflies
and is ahead of cities like Behgaluru (140 species), Pune (120 species) and
Delhi (90) species. BNHS said that the largest butterfly found in Mumbai is the
Blue Mormon which measures upto 15cms and visits the city during monsoons. The
smallest butterfly found if the Grass Jewel which is only 2.2cms.
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