Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India
Butterfly Research Centre is situated in the lap of the western Himalaya, India.. Peter Smetacek, an authority on Indian butterflies and moths is the owner of this centre. Hundreds of butterfly specimens collected by him is displayed in the centre. This video is made to give an idea about those butterflies..
Butterfly Museum at Bhimtal
Ram Dutt Tripathi ji had an interesting conversation with Mr. Frederick, who is a passionate butterfly lover and was known as Butterfly man of India. In this conversation, he told how his father pursued his passion of collecting butterflies and thereafter he continued collecting butterfly specimens. He expressed serious concerns over deforestation and rising air pollution due to which many of the species of butterfly are not visible now. The pictures shown in this video are of the museum which is created and nicely maintained by his brother Peter Smetacek.
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1. Audio recorded from radio report aired by BBC Hindi
2. Photographs collected from following links:
Facebook profile of Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal
Butterfly Research Centre
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Bhimtal, a famous hill station in Nainital district of Uttaranchal, is a home to dazzling variety of butterflies and birds. The small town is also of great importance for Peter Smetacek, whose forefathers’ passion was to collect various specimens of butterflies. Their passion turned into profession in the form of Butterfly Research Center, also famous as Butterfly Museum.
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