Indian Foundation for Butterflies

09/02/2025

Indian Foundation for Butterflies spearheads many important citizen science platforms and programmes in India. It is also engaged in research, education and policy in the fields of biodiversity exploration and conservation. Check out some of IFB's relevant websites and resources:
https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org
https://www.bioatlasindia.org
http://ibms-network.in
https://ifbt.in

The goal of Indian Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (iBMS) is to monitor butterflies all over India to understand the biology and long-term population dynamics of butterflies for the purpose of species conservation, biodiversity research, and education.

09/02/2025

We are happy to announce the Biodiversity Fellowships 2025-2026: https://www.bioatlasindia.org/Biodiversity-Fellowships

Biodiversity Fellowships, in their second year, will nurture young talent in the area of biodiversity sciences, with the aim of preparing Fellows to tackle knowledge gaps in species discovery, building the tree of life, and broad evolutionary, ecological and genetic insights into the biodiversity heritage of India.

These are one-year, pre-doctoral, full-time, on-site mentored fellowships. This is a great opportunity for young students to train under masters in the field. The Fellowships are supported by IFB Trust among other partners.

Applications are now open (https://forms.office.com/r/aCTWijwShP). Please spread the word around among young students and researchers who might benefit from this fellowships programme. Inquiries from potential mentors are also welcome.

19/03/2024

Happy to announce the Biodiversity Fellowships programme, supported by IFB Trust among other partners: http://biodiversitylab.org/biodiversity-fellowships. Biodiversity Fellowships 2024-2025 will nurture young talent in the area of biodiversity sciences, with the aim of preparing Fellows to tackle knowledge gaps in species discovery, building the tree of life, and broad evolutionary, ecological and genetic insights into the biodiversity heritage of India. These are one-year, pre-doctoral, full-time, on-site mentored fellowships. This is a great opportunity for young students to train under masters in the field.

Applications are open (https://forms.office.com/r/rLhRT8c4wm). Please spread the word around among young students and researchers.

14/09/2021

Become a biodiversity scientist, build and analyse scientific databases, and develop natural history resources and assets for the citizen scientist community using the BioAtlasIndia platform (https://www.bioatlasindia.org). All under a generous fellowship and guidance of top experts!
Apply with an email to [email protected].

09/02/2021

The Butterflies of Bengaluru book, published jointly by Karnataka Forest Department, NCBS and Indian Foundation for Butterflies, is now available for purchase through online and phone orders. Book sellers are listed at: https://ifoundbutterflies.org/butterflies-of-bengaluru.
Within 40 days of becoming available, only a few hundred copies of this popular field guide remain. Get your copies before they are all gone!

Kunte, K. 2021. Butterflies Of Bengaluru Book (2020) . In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.

22/01/2021

Happy to report that our book, Butterflies of Bengaluru, a non-profit collaboration with the Karnataka Forest Department, is now available if you would like a copy.
Details at: https://ifoundbutterflies.org/butterflies-of-bengaluru.
Get your copy soon!

Kunte, K. 2021. Butterflies Of Bengaluru Book (2020) . In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.

07/01/2021

Indian Foundation for Butterflies is now on Facebook! Follow for updates on biodiversity exploration, species discoveries, citizen science, nature conservation and advocacy in the Indian Region. See our citizen science websites at:

Biodiversity Atlas – India provides a powerful natural history web-platform for species-based bioinformatics. Most data are contributed by amateur citizen scientists, photographers and professional scientists, and peer-reviewed and curated by advanced amateurs and professional biologists. Thus, Bi...