The number of butterflies migrating to Eastern Ghats has fallen

July 08, 2019 01:15 pm | Updated 01:15 pm IST

The migration of butterflies from the hills of the Western Ghats to the planes of the Eastern Ghats via Coimbatore was less than what the region had witnessed in 2018.

Nature enthusiasts, who have been monitoring the movement of butterflies also found that the annual phenomenon did not take place in one of the seven traditional paths of migration in Coimbatore.

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