Tripura's first butterfly park

Tags: State News

A butterfly park set up by the forest department in a village near the India-Bangladesh international border in South Tripura district has become a center of attraction for tourists from across the country and Bangladesh.

An overview of the news

• The Butterfly Ecopark at Chhotakhola, close to Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary, is the first butterfly park in the Northeast.

• It was opened in 2016 in an area of 5.5 hectares with 250 species of butterflies.

• The park is adjacent to the Trishna Wildlife Sanctuary commemorating the Liberation War of Bangladesh and the Endangered Bison Park in the Indo-Bangladesh Friendship Park.

• The surrounding environment attracts many tourists which helps in the economic development of Tripura.

• Tripura has recently declared the Common Birdwing as the state butterfly.

• In recent years, due to human pollution and climate change, the number of butterflies and their natural habitats are decreasing.

About Tripura

• Capital - Agartala

• Governor - Satyadev Narayan Arya

• Chief Minister - Manik Shah

• State Bird -Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenia)

• State Tree - Agar (Aquilaria malaccensis)

• State Flower - Nageshwar (Mesua Feria)

• Borders - Bangladesh, Mizoram and Assam.