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North East Butterfly Meet V– Pakke Tiger Reserve
morning thanks to a Genset available at the TR.
The weather was a mixed bag throughout the meet period with the nights and early mornings were usually filled with rains
and sometimes heavy in it. During the day, it started with cloudy sky and soon improved to have some good sunshine. The
rains and heat meant, we had to deal with a high humidity which made people sweat a lot.
Before we get into the action on Day 1, which is on 29 th September, let us briefly have a look at what the Pakke Tiger Reserve
holds for us:
Pakke Tiger Reserve, Arunachal Pradesh
Pakke Tiger Reserve, also known as Pakhui Tiger Reserve, is a Project Tiger Reserve in the East Kameng district of Arunachal
Pradesh in northeastern India. The 862 km 2 reserve is protected by the Department of Environment and Forest of Arunachal
Pradesh. In a notification dated Itanagar 19 April 2001, issued by the Principal Secretary, the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh
renamed Pakhui Wildlife Sanctuary as Pakke Wildlife Sanctuary Division.
The sanctuary is delineated by rivers in the east, west and north. In addition, the area is drained by a number of small rivers
and, perennial streams of the Bhareli and Pakke Rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Brahmaputra. The main perennial
streams in the area are the Nameri, Khari and Upper Dikorai. The terrain of Pakhui WLS and adjoining areas is undulating and
hilly. The altitude ranges from 150 m to over 2000 m above sea level.
The habitat types are lowland semi-evergreen, evergreen forest and Eastern Himalayan broadleaf forests. At least 40 mammal
species occur in Pakhui Tiger Reserve (PTR). Notable mammals in the Tiger Reserve are: tiger, leopard, clouded leopard, jungle
cat, wild dog jackal, Himalayan black bear, binturong, elephant, gaur, sambar, hog deer, barking deer, wild boar, yellow-
throated marten, Malayan giant squirrel, flying squirrel, squirrel, capped langur, rhesus macaque, Assamese macaque, gaur. At
least 296 bird species have been recorded from PTR including the globally endangered white-winged wood duck, the unique
ibisbill, and the rare Oriental bay owl. PTR is a good place to see hornbills. Of the over 1500 butterfly species found in India, it
is estimated that Pakke Tiger Reserve could be home to at least 500 species. (Source: WIKIPEDIA)
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