Karnataka: Butterfly Festival to start from November 7

Karnataka is all set to host the much-awaited Butterfly Festival. And just like COVID played spoilsport for many festivals and events and led them online, the Butterfly Festival will also be held virtually, wherein the focus will be more on finding new species of butterflies in Bengaluru. Reportedly, the fourth edition of the said festival will be held in Doreswamypalya Park, which belongs to the Karnataka forest department.

According to the reports, the festival will be held from November 7 and will continue till November 12. As such, a series of virtual events have been lined up, such as photo exhibitions, talks on butterflies, butterfly photo contest, quiz and crossword.
The National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Karnataka Ecotourism Board, Bengaluru Butterfly Club (BBC), and Indian Foundation for Butterfly will be organising this event. Butterfly experts are of the opinion that this event will be a good platform to share their new findings in Bengaluru this year, including species such as the Alida Angle, Little Tiger Pierrot, Orange Awlet, and Red Admiral.
During the virtual event, four to five members of the Bengaluru Butterfly Club (BBC) will take different routes in Doreswamypalya Park and livestream butterflies fluttering around on social media. As per their views, this was a better option as such walks should have not have more than 10 people in a group.
Ashoksen Gupta, founder of BBC club, also added that these butterflies were never found in the city before, but have been sighted after the lockdown, which indicates that a drop in pollution helps improve the environment. These extremely rare species have been breeding by the roadside in Jalahalli, Makalidurga and GKVK, he added.