author(s)
Mayuresh Ravindra Dev, Kashmira Ravindra Raut and Dr. Madhura Deepak Mukadam

abstract
Butterflies are beautiful creatures of nature. They play crucial role in the ecosystem, as an important component of a food chain. The present study was undertaken to check the diversity of butterflies in the Gogate Jogalekar college campus, Ratnagiri. Different butterflies found, were recorded using digital camera and mobile phones by random observation method. Total 34 species of butterflies from 22 genera were found belonging to 6 different families. Family Nymphalidae consisted a maximum number of species i.e.18 species found, belonging to 11 respective genera. This was followed by family Papilionidae (6 species, 3 genera), Lycaenidae (4 species, 4 genera) Pieridae (3 species, 2 genera), Riodinidae (2 species, 1 genus) and lastly by Hesperiidae (1 species, 1 genus). Habitat destruction because of interference of human in nature is a major threat to diversity of butterflies. Therefore, present work was undertaken from the perspective of their conservation.