Kaziranga National Park : India’s Second Largest Butterfly Diversity Hub
More than 446 butterfly species have been recorded in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), making it a habitat with the second highest concentration in the country after the Namdapha National Park in Arunachal Pradesh.
- Kaziranga National Park is situated in the north-eastern part of the country in the districts of Golaghat and Nagoan in the state of Assam.
- It is the single largest undisturbed and representative area in the Brahmaputra Valley floodplain.
- In 1985, the park was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
- The river Diffalu, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, flows through the National Park area (core/critical tiger habitat), while another tributary, Moradifalu, flows along its southern boundary.
- It is of sheer forest, tall elephant grass, rugged reeds, marshes, and shallow pools.
- It is inhabited by the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinoceroses, as well as many mammals.
