TN Butterflies Facebook 2016– An Analysis
From Oct 2nd 2016
From the day, this forum is opened exclusively for the posts of butterfly occurring
in the region of Tamil Nadu, we have been seeing an increased activities qualita-
tively as well as quantitatively. The forum was started with an aim to disseminate
knowledge of butterflies to all stake holders of the state and create an enthusiasm
and interest among every one.
The process also helped us as a by-product in one of the major exercises that we
have undertaken that is re-validation of the species occurrence. Photographic evi-
dences helped tick off many a species otherwise hiding from us. We hope the fo-
rum will continue to grow in stature with active participation of everyone.
It is the year 2015 which saw our forum grew slowly
and steadily from January to December. And it is the
first full year of its presence. Out of 276 species, that
was validated for the state at that point in time, 271
of them were posted in our forum. Just 5 species
missing. They were Small Leopard, Common Awl,
Plain Banded Awl, Coorg Forest Hopper and Golden
Flitter. And one or two of them were subsequently
seen. Another significant and interesting point to
note was 26 districts were represented out of 32 dis-
tricts of Tamil Nadu. Among the districts, Coimbatore,
Theni, Virudhunagar, Nilgiris, Chennai and Madurai
contributed to the bulk of postings.
2016
The Year from
Jan 1 to Dec 31
saw a total of
3580
posts.
These
were
contributed by
170 of our forum
members. There
are some die-
hard members
whose numbers
touch even a
double
century and many with a century of postings. As a break up, the posts containing a whopping 3200 photos and 21 videos.
707 members were one way or other associated with at least one post each. We do not have a ready comparison numbers
of all these to put it against 2015, but in 2015, the overall posts were 3211. This means the year 2016 registered a 11.5%
increase in overall posts which should be encouraging for the years to come!
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