Explanation:

  Butterflies diversity in Himachal Pradesh is very rich and diversified, primarily due to varied climatic conditions ranging from
tropical in the foothills to arctic environment in the Trans-Himalayan region.
various natural ecosystems/habitats like agriculture fields, forests, grasslands, streams, human habitations etc., were selected to explore the presence of Butterflies in area. Butterflies studies carried out in Renuka Lake and its vicinity, during different seasons of the years revealed the presence of 49 species of insects belonging to 37 genera and 9 families. During the course of  study it was observed that Nymphalidae represented by 12 species (25%), spread over 8 genera was the largest family followed by Pieridae (11 species (23%)), Papilionidae and Satyridae (8 species (16%) each), Danaidae (4 species (8%)), Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae (2 species (4%) each).