Known
to very few, the beautiful, India’s largest butterfly park of Sarthana, is 9 km
from Surat, Gujarat. The park is being developed by Surat
Municipal Corporation(SMC) as part of Surat’s famous Sarthana zoo. SMC has used
15000 square metre to develop the Butterfly park.
Around
10,000 plants and trees consisting more than 100 diverse varieties are planted
to create suitable atmosphere for butterflies. Artificial water falls, ponds,
rock garden and pathways are developed inside the park for public amusement.
It is
estimated that there are about 1,50,000 different species of butterflies and
moths in the world. Surat Butterfly park will have presence of 10,000
butterflies consisting 30 different species.
This Park
is a hidden treasure trove of nature’s wonders, the instance you enter this park,
you will get the fragrance of innumerable varieties of flowers.
As
you walk past clusters of food plants and feeders in the almost jungle-like
layout, you can spot butterflies of various kinds. Starting from the Striped
Tiger, the most common variety, to the Blue Tiger, you will see nature’s magic
in abundance. The rare colors of these magnificent creatures simply awe the
mind.
Some of
the butterfly species that would be presented in the park are Tony Coaster,
Common crow, Indian Cupid, Pell Grass blue, Blue Tiger, Striped Tiger, Common
Serulin, Red Pirot, Blue Pensi, Common Coaster, Common Leopard, Common Gull,
Common Nawab, Peacock Pensi, Dinide Egg fly, Common Bluebottle, Grey Pensi,
Lime Butterfly, Lemon Pensi, Common Rose, Great Egg fly, Blue Mormon, Yellow
Pensi, Crimson Rose, Common Mormon, Tailed Jay, Common Emigrant, Red Halon,
Common Grass Yellow, Common Jazzble.
This park deserves much more attention
and government aid to expand its efforts to conserve innumerable varieties of
butterflies.
