{"id":1248,"date":"2016-02-20T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-20T04:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2025-11-14T18:08:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T12:38:55","slug":"butterfly-in-bandhavgarh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/butterfly-in-bandhavgarh\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly Garden in Bandhavgarh | Kings Lodge Butterfly Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1248\" class=\"elementor elementor-1248\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-712b4004 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"712b4004\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69412336 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69412336\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Butterfly in Bandhavgarh<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1249\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1249\" style=\"width: 998px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Butterfly in Bandhavgarh wp-image-1249\" title=\"Butterfly in Bandhavgarh\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/butterfly-garden-image-1-1024x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"998\" height=\"588\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1249\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterfly in Bandhavgarh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A flutter here, a flutter there and beautiful colours everywhere!<\/p>\n<p>We are happy to share that our budding butterfly garden at Kings Lodge &#8211; an initiative undertaken by the team has become a delight for the team and guests alike.<\/p>\n<p>The garden has recorded over 30 species of butterflies during this season alone.<\/p>\n<p>Butterflies are bio indicators of a healthy environment and ecosystem\u00a0&#8211; they are highly sensitive to changes in climate, pollution levels and harmful chemicals in the air. They are also an important part of the food chain\u00a0\u2013 butterflies are food for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/birds-in-satpura\/\">birds<\/a>, bats and other insectivorous animals and parasites. They are also excellent pollinators after bees, wasps and flies\u00a0\u2013 without these wonderful insects, we would have a lot fewer plants.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>Sharing some of the photographs from the garden.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1250\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1250\" style=\"width: 901px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Butterfly Garden at Kings Lodge, wp-image-1250\" title=\"Butterfly Garden at Kings Lodge,\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/butterfly-garden-1-1024x485.jpg\" alt=\"Butterfly Garden at Kings Lodge,\" width=\"901\" height=\"426\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Butterfly Garden at Kings Lodge,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_1251\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1251\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Guava Blue wp-image-1251\" title=\"Guava Blue\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23519120_10211313767222813_1766674577649732842_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"493\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1251\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Guava Blue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Common Jezebel aligncenter wp-image-1252\" title=\"Common Jezebel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/23519397_10211295837494581_958026915334599282_n.jpg\" alt=\"Common Jezebel\" width=\"748\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Common Jezebel<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Indian Palm Bob aligncenter wp-image-1253\" title=\"\u00a0Indian Palm Bob\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Indian-palm-bob-or-palm-bob.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0Indian Palm Bob\" width=\"749\" height=\"499\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Indian Palm Bob<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Common Leopard wp-image-1254\" title=\"\u00a0Common Leopard\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Medium-Res-Image-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0Common Leopard\" width=\"752\" height=\"501\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Common Leopard<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Medium-Res-Image-6-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0Lime Butterfly\" width=\"761\" height=\"507\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Lime Butterfly<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Common Gull wp-image-1256\" title=\"\u00a0Common Gull\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Medium-Res-Image-4-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\u00a0Common Gull\" width=\"773\" height=\"514\" \/><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Common Gull<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Common Emigrant aligncenter wp-image-1255\" title=\"\u00a0Common Emigrant\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Medium-Res-Image-3-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Common Emigrant\" width=\"779\" height=\"519\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Common Emigrant<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><strong>Some interesting facts about butterflies!<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Contrary to the popular perception, the wings of the butterflies are transparent, the colours we see are the effect of the light reflecting on the tiny scales covering them.<\/li>\n<li>Butterflies protect themselves from predators using techniques such as camouflage, mimicry, disruptive coloration or transparency.<\/li>\n<li>They have taste sensors on their feet which help them to identify their host plants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Photo Courtesy : Naresh Singh<\/em><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/things-to-do-in-bandhavgarh\/\"><strong>5 Things To Do in Bandhavgarh<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pugdundeesafaris.com\/blog\/star-birds-of-central-india\/\">Star Birds Of Madhya Pradesh<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butterfly in Bandhavgarh A flutter here, a flutter there and beautiful colours everywhere! 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