The Department of Zoology has also developed and maintained a butterfly garden in the Hostel campus as part of a UGC-Major Research Project [Ref. No. F.No. 41-56/2012 (SR) dt. 13.7.12] under Dr. Anuradha Chaudhuri, with a large number of flowering plants which serve as hosts to different species of butterflies.

Habitat degradation is a multivariate issue. Many natural butterfly habitats have been lost to human activities like construction of buildings and roads, use of pesticides and herbicides and even woody encroachment, and non-native plants. Creating new habitat reduces the impacts of habitat fragmentation and degradation.

A butterfly garden can create, improve, and maintain habitat of the butterflies. It helps to increase the number and diversity of butterflies in our immediate surroundings which in turn creates a healthy ecosystem.