THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT ORANGE OAKLEAF FOR MP

Madhya Pradesh is all set to join the ranks of a select few states in the country that have a 'state butterfly.

- Rahul Noronha

The forest department has proposed the Orange Oakleaf (Kallima inachus) as the state butterfly.

Found in the hills in J&K and Uttarakhand and the more wet areas in West Bengal, North East, Jharkhand, MP, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, the butterfly species is not very common within MP and is found largely in the Satpura National Park.