{"id":6227,"date":"2023-03-19T07:32:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T02:02:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=6227"},"modified":"2025-03-27T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T08:03:29","slug":"butterfly-ecopark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/butterfly-ecopark\/","title":{"rendered":"Butterfly EcoPark"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Butterfly EcoPark<\/strong><strong>:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is nestled in a village near the <strong>India-Bangladesh international<\/strong> border in <strong>Tripura<\/strong>\u2019s South district.<\/li>\n<li>According to wildlife and environment experts, butterflies are deemed to be indicators of a <strong>good ecological balance and healthy nature<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The park is near the endangered bison park at <strong>Trishna wildlife sanctuary<\/strong> and Indo-Bangla Maitri Park to commemorate the Bangladesh liberation war.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Key facts about the Trishna wildlife sanctuary<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Trishna wildlife sanctuary is located in the <strong>state of Tripura.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Flora:<\/strong> The vegetation of the sanctuary consists of four types of forest \u2013 <strong>the tropical semi-evergreen forest,<\/strong> the east Himalayan lower Bhanar Sal, the <strong>Moist mixed deciduous<\/strong> forest and the <strong>Savanah woodland<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fauna:<\/strong> The Indian Gaur (Bison), Deer, <strong>Hooklock Gibbon<\/strong>, <strong>Golden langur,<\/strong> Pheasants, Lalmukh Bandar, Wild Boar, Wild Cat, Leopard etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the role of butterflies in the ecosystem?<\/h3>\n<p>Butterflies maintain the ecosystem by acting as pollinators, prey, biological pest control, induce genetic variation in plants, and enhance environmental beauty.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/lifestyle\/destination-of-the-week\/tripuras-lone-butterfly-park-major-tourist-attraction-8506414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Tripura\u2019s lone butterfly park is a major tourist attraction<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Butterfly EcoPark  is nestled near the India-Bangladesh international border in Tripura\u2019s South district.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}