to find out exact role of any animal or plant sps can happen only after a through research of that sps. till then it is difficult to tell exact role. for example when last Dodo bird died people came to know that a perticular plant sps is not germinating at all i. e. no new saplings( sorry forgotten the name of the plant). this was because when dodo use to eat the fruit of that plant the seed use to go through enzymatic action of digestive juices of dodo. when no dodo no eating of fruits hence no seed processing and no germination. till dodo was alive this action was not known. the migration of butterflies , wing pattern, butterfly vision, scales on the wings, flying ability and many other are the topic of research now. we may ge many discoveries through it.we may get some medicines also from these butterflies, who knows? but till then why butterflies only respect, and love every living creature because it may be useful link in our foodweb. let us not regret the loss after loosing it.
--- On Mon, 6/4/09, Surya Prakash <[email protected]> wrote: From: Surya Prakash <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ButterflyIndia] Ecological significance of Butterflies To: [email protected] Date: Monday, 6 April, 2009, 11:53 AM Dear Narayani Hi! 75% agriculturally important crops are pollinated by butterflies which is second after honey bees. Think of US which is devoid of butterflies and now importing them for pollination. That is why we care for them apart from their beauty and their role in the study of insects as a model. The pattern of colours they carry on their wings inspire many textile designers for creation of new colour patterns. They inspire poet to write poetry and writers to write fairy tales. I guess this is more then enough for a butterfly lover to know at the entry point of butterfly india who has brought all of us close to each other. Bye and regards SP On 4/6/09, Narayani Barve <barve.narayani@ gmail.com> wrote: > Hi All, > > I wish to know what is the ecological significance of butterflies in the > ecosystem. I know butterflies are required to do Pollination. And also they > are part of food web. But I was curious to know, why we all should care so > much about butterflies ? If all the butterflies as a whole is removed from > the ecosystem, what adverse effects bound to happen ? Are there any specific > plant species, whose pollination happens only because of butterflies ? > > Any thought would be appreciated. I know we all love butterflies. I tried to > search the answer for this, but was unable to find it. Hence this email. > > Thank you, > > Narayani > -- Surya Prakash, Ph.D. ( Zoology) Room # 219 C.C.I.F. School of Life Sciences Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi 110067 INDIA Phone (Work) 26704184 Check out the all-new Messenger 9.0! Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Enjoy -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
