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Iffath Fathima ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: The Karnataka Forest Department (KFD) and members of the Bangalore Butterfly Club (BBC) have spotted more than 4,500 individual butterflies in Uttara Kannada’s Kali Tiger Reserve. On December 14 and 15, for the first time in Karnataka, an assessment or a butterfly survey was carried out in the reserve. KFD and the club had also spotted 160 butterfly species in a span of two days. Many rare species were also spotted. “The Blue Nawab species is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 and it is an extremely rare species..