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TIRUCHI, TAMIL NADU, 22/06/2017: A Peacock Royal butterfly a new attraction at the Tropical Butterfly Conservatory Campus at Srirangam in Tiruchi on June 22, 2017. The tropical butterfly conservatory is one-of-its-kind in the State established with the objective of creating awareness among the people on butterflies and their importance. Photo: M.
Moorthy | Photo Credit: M_Moorthymore-inThere were six new visitors to the Tropical Butterfly Conservatory in Srirangam recently boasting of exotic names such as ‘African Babul Blue, ‘Peacock Royal’ and ‘Indian Red Flash’. A Forest Department official said the African Babul Blue butterfly species was recorded on June 16, while the remaining on June 1. The surveys show that the number of butterfly species at the conservatory, established on a sprawling 25-acre reserve forest area, has now risen to 85..