Butterfly Festival will soon begin in Karnataka. The state is set to host the festival virtually, just like many other festivals and events that have gone online this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Butterfly Festival will focus on discovering new species of butterflies in Bengaluru. Reportedly, this will be the fourth edition of the festival that will take place in Doreswamypalya Park, which belongs to the Karnataka forest department.
As per the reports, the festival will be observed from November 7 and will go on till November 12. A series of virtual events have been organised like photo exhibitions, talks on butterflies, butterfly photo contests, quiz and crossword.
The event will be organized by the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Karnataka Ecotourism Board, Bengaluru Butterfly Club (BBC), and Indian Foundation for Butterfly. Experts who have studied Butterfly believe that this event is going to be delightful as it will provide a good platform for people 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 paths in Doreswamypalya Park to Livestream the butterflies fluttering around on social media.
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In their opinions, Livestream of the park was a better option as crowding is prohibited and any event should not allow more than 10 people in a group.
Ashokan Gupta, the founder of the BBC club, also added that the lockdown has enriched the quality of the environment as these butterflies were never seen in the city before. These butterflies have been spotted after the lockdown, which indicates that there has been a drop in pollution level. These extremely rare species have been breeding by the roadside in Jalahalli, Makalidurga and GKVK, he added.