The document summarizes the key points of the Wild Life Protection Act of India. It was enacted in 1972 on September 9th to protect wildlife in India. It has since been amended 7 times. The act established two boards - the Central Board and State Boards to oversee wildlife conservation. It defined protected species across 6 schedules and outlines penalties for hunting or illegal trade of wildlife. The document also provides taxonomic updates to the lists of protected insect species in various schedules.

1. 9THSEPTEMBER 1972
WILD LIFE PROTECTION ACT
Kishor Pujar
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MSc Agricultural Entomology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University Coimbatore

3. HISTORY
ITS ANATOMY
SKELETON
Conclusion

4. •Animals
•Habitats
•Insects
493=454+38+_1
lepidoptera + coleoptera + odonata
Photographs,description=field guides prepared
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5. ● 9100 animal sps
● 7.14% of total
● 99 national parks,
● 513 wild life sancturies,,
● 41 conservation reserves,,
● 4 community reserves,
● ,20.64% forest area
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8. ● British-1887-wild birds protection act no x
●1912 +animals=wild animal&protection
act no.8
● 1935 ammended as wild animals & birds
protection act no xxvii
● 1972 sep 9 wild life protection act 53
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9. 1976-article 48 A
● Directive principles of state policy
The State shall endeavour to
protect and improve the
environment and to safeguard the forests and
wild life of the country.
. The newly incorporated Article 51 A sub-clause (g) states that
“ It shall be the duty of every citizen of India to protect and improve the
natural environment’”
Including forests, lakes,rivers and wildlife and to have compassion for
living creatures”.
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10.  6-SCHEDULES
 7 AMMENDMENTS
 DEFINITIONS
 OFFICERS
 MEMBERS
 BOARDS

14. •Insects pieridae,nymphalidae

15. .
•5. Mice.
•6. Rats
•7. Voles.

16. •1Beddomes’ cycad (Cycas beddomei). ."
•2. Blue Vanda (Vanda eoerulea).
• 3. Kuth (Saussurea costus).
•4. Ladies slipper orchids (Paphiopedilium spp.)
•5. Pitcher plant (Nepenthes khasiana).“
• 6. Red Vanda (Rananthera imschootiana).]

18. NATIONAL STATE
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT
Prime Minister(chair person) Chief Minister(chairperson)
Minister incharge of Minister Incharge Of
Forest & wildlife Forest And Wild Life
(vice chair person ) (vice chair person)
3members Of Parliment 3 Members of state
legislation

19. • Ten persons to be nominated by the Central Government from amongst
eminent conservationists, ecologists and environ-
mentalists;
•The Secretary to the Government of India in-charge of the Ministry of
Defence.
• The Secretary to the Government of India incharge of the
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting;
• the Secretary to the Government of India in-charge of the Department of
Expenditure, Ministry of Finance;
• The Secretary to the Government of India, Ministry of Tribal
Welfare;
•The Director-General of Forests in the Ministry or Department of the Central
Government dealing with Forests and Wild Life;

20. the Director-General of Tourism, Government of India;
the Director-General, Indian Council for Forestry Research and Education,
Dehradun;
the Director, Wild Life Institute of India, Dehradun;
the Director, Zoological Survey of India;
the Director, Botanical Survey of India;
the Director, Indian Veterinary Research Institute;
the Member-Secretary, Central Zoo Authority;
the Director, National Institute of Oceanography;
one representative each from ten States and Union territories by
rotation, to be nominated by the Central Government;
the Director of Wild Life Preservation who shall
be the Member-Secretary of the National Board.

21. the Officer in-charge of the State Forest Department;
Managing Director, State Tourism Development Corporation;
Officer of State Police Department not below the rank of Inspector-General;
the Director, Department of Animal Husbandry of the State;
the Director, Department of Fisheries of the State;
a representative of the Botanical Survey of India;
a representative of the Zoological Survey of India;
the Chief Wild Life Warden, who shall be the
Member-Secretary
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22.  Conservation and development of wild life
 Controlling illeagal trade of wild life
 Setting up of national park,sancturies&other
protected areas
 Assessment of various projects on wild life and
habitats
 Reviewing the progression of projects time to
time

23. 1.The Constitution (Forty second Amendment) Act, 1976
2.The WildLife (Protection) (Amendment)Act, 1982
3.The Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Act,1986 (28 of 1986)
4.The Wild Life (Protection) AmendmentAct, 1991 (44 of 1991)
5.The Wild Life(Protection) AmendmentAct, 1993 (26 of 1993);
6.The Wild Life (Protection) AmendmentAct, 2002 (16of 2003)
7.The Wild Life (Protection) AmendmentAct, 2006 (39 of 2006)
8.The wildlife protection ammendment
act 2013
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25.  2002- Provision for hunt
 2006- National Tiger Conservation Authority
 2013- Animal trap
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26.  Animal
 AnimalArticle
 Hunting
 Board
 Habitat

27. HawksbillTurtle
West African
Chimpanzee
CapeVulture
– Cross River Gorilla
Mountain Bongo Painted Dog –
African Lion
Black Rhinoceros
African Elephant
Rothschild Giraffe

29.  WLPA -came into force in 1972 September 9
 It has 6 schedules,7
Ammendments,definitions.
 It has two Boards
1.Central. For which prime minister will be
the chair perso
2.State board-For which chief minister will
be the chair person.
Main aim is to protect Plants, Animals & their
Habitats.

30. IUCN
IUCN RED LIST
Extinct (EX)
Critically endangered(CR)
Endangered (EN)
Vulnerable (VU)
Near threatened (NT)
Conservation dependent(CD)
Least concern(LC)
Data deficient
Not evaluated

31.  EXTINCTION-Death of the last member of the species
(evolution,speciation,ecological niche)
 Critically endangered-facing high risk of extiction.
Blatta crassivenosa,orthopterans like
Euschmidtia bidens, E.phippsi ,Gryllids
Condition-
 1.Occur less than 100 km2
2.Declining population of less than the 250 MI
3.At least 50%chance of going to be extinct in the wild
over 3G or 10Y.

32.  Endangered –faces high risk of extiction in
the near future.
 Vulnerable-likely to be become endangered
unless the circumstances threatening its
survival and reproduction( habitat loss)
Plecopterans, Ants-Acanthomyops sp.
 Near threatened- threatened with extinction
in near future,not currently qualify for the
threatened status.
 Conservation dependent- it depends on
conservation efforts to prevent it from
becoming threatened.

33.  Least concern -they do not come under the
above categories.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endangered_species

34. 493
454 38 1
Lepidoptera Coleoptera Odonata
Schedule1 PART IV -> 128 SPECIES lepidoptera,
1-odonata, (Secs.2,8,9,11,40,41,48,51,61 )
Schedule2 PART II->
307SPECIES lepidoptera, 38 sps coleoptera
(Secs.2,8,9,11,40,41,43,48,51,61 and 62)
Schedule 4-> 19SPECIES lepidoptera (Secs. 2,8,9,11 and 61)
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35. OLD
LEPIDOPTERA
 Amathusidae- 2
 Danaidae- 3
 Lycaenidae- 46
 Nymphalidae- 36
 Papiolinidae 14
 Pieridae 5
 Satyridae 18
ODONATA
EPHIOPHLEBIIDAE
UPDATED
 Lepidoptera
 Nymphalidae- 2
 Nymphalidae- 3
 Lycaenidae- 46
 Nymphalidae 36
 Papiolinidae 14
 Pieridae- 5
 Nymphalidae- 18
ODONATA
EPHIOPHELIDAE

36. Schedule II part II
OLD UPDATED
COLEOPTERA
 Carabidae - 13
 Chrysomellidae- 16
 Cucujidae 5
 Cucujidae- 3
 Inopeplidae- 1
COLEOPTERA
 Carabidae- 13
 Chrysomellidae - 16
 Cucujidae – 5
 Laemophloeiidae- 3
 Salpingidae- 1

37. Continued....
OLD UPDATED
Lepidoptera
 Amathusidae- 10
 Danaidae- 2
 Erycinidae- 1
 Hesperidae- 3
 Lycaenidae- 116
 Nymphalidae- 71
 Papiolinidae- 21
 Pieridae- 18
 Satyridae- 56
Lepidoptera
 Nymphalidae- 10
 Nymphalidae- 2
 Riodinidae- 4
 Nymphalidae- 1
 Hesperidae- 3
 Lycaenidae- 116
 Nymphalidae- 71
 Papilionidae- 21
 Pieridae- 18
 Nymphalidae- 56

38. Schedule IV
OLD UPDATED
Lepidoptera
 Danaidae- 4
 Hesperidae- 9
 Lycaenidae- 1
 Nymphalidae- 1
 Pieridae- 4
Lepidoptera
 Nymphalidae- 4
 Hesperidae- 9
 Lycaenidae- 1
 Nymphalidae- 1
 Pieridae- 4

40. Laemophloeiidae-
Cucujidae-
Ephiophlebiidae Salpingidae-

41. Scarabids- Canthonella gomezi
Cryptocanthon altus,, C.punctatus
Nymbus anyerae
Dyticids- Agabus clypealis,,A.disicolis
Hydrotarsus pilosus
Stag beetles- Colophon barnardi,C.whitei
C.eastmani

42. Canthonella gomezi
Agabus clypealis
Hydrotarsus pilosus C.whitei
Nymbus anyerae
C.eastmani

43. Mogoplistids
Pampagid
Euschmidtiidss
Lentulids Slender restio grass hopper
Small restio grass hopper
Robust restio grass hopper
Tetrigids Amphinotus nymphula
A.Pupulus

44. Amphionotus nymphula A.Pupulus
Slender restio grass hopper Mogoplistids

45.  Atlas Grayling (Arethusanana aksouali)
 Biack Dark Crow (Euploea albicosta)
 Karpathos Grayling (Hipparcchia christenseni)
 BiakTiger (Parantica marcia)
 Halicarnus Brown (Maniola halicarnassus)
 BiakThree spot Crow (Euploea tripunctata)

46. Atlas Grayling (Arethusanana aksouali
Karpathos Grayling
(Hipparcchia christenseni)
Biak Tiger
(Parantica marcia)

47.  Cloud copper (Aloeides nubilus)
 Vogel’s blue (Plebejus vogelii)
 Theresia’s blue (Polyommatus dama)
 Fatma’s blue (Pseodophilotes fatma)
 Zullich’s blue ( Plebejus zullichi)

48. Theresia’s blue
(Polyommatus dama)
Fatma’s blue
(Pseodophilotes fatma)
Vogel’s blue (Plebejus vogelii)
Cloud copper
(Aloeides nubilus)

49.  Queen alexandra golden birdwing
(Ornithoptera alexandre)
 Wallace’s golden birdwing (O.croseus)
 Southern tailed birdwing (O.meridionalis)
 Luzon peacock swallotail (Papilo chikae)
 Apo swallowtail (Graphium sandawanum)

50. Queen alexandra
golden birdwing
(Ornithoptera alexandre)
Wallace’s golden birdwing
(O.croseus)
Apo swallowtail
(Graphium sandawanum)
Luzon peacock swallotail
(Papilo chikae)
SouthernTailed Birdwing
(O.meridionalis)

51. Serphites paradoxus
Phengaris alcon arenaria
Dutch Alcon blue
Libythea cinyras
chestnut ermine moth
(Argyresthia castaneella)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Extinct_insects
The Levuana moth
(Levuana iridescens

52. Bali island
Bannerghatta
Singapore
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53.  Killing- 3-10 years jail, 20-25000 rs
 Trade- 7 years jail
 Tease- 7 month jail
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54. Lepidoptera species marked with * namely
Faunis faunula faunuloides (de Niceville),
Lycaenopsisharaldus ananga Felder,
Melitaea shandura Evans,
Aporia harrietae harrietae (de Niceville),
Melitaearobertsi lutko Evans,
Vanessa polychloros fervida Standfuss,
Colias cocandica hinducucica Verity, Deliaslativitta
Leech and Euchloe charlonia lucilla Butler are
not known to occur in India and hence these
are to be DELETED (Table 1 & 2).
Lepidopterans with ***- no record
existed

55. Euchloe charlonia lucilla
Vanessa polychloros fervida
Colias cocandica hinducucica
Melitaearobertsi lutko Evans
Faunis faunula faunuloides
Lycaenopsis haraldus ananga

56.  Acrocrypta rotundata- Chrysomellidae
 Sebaethe cervina - Chrysomellidae
 Inoprplus albonotalus- Inopeplidae
 Euploea melanaleuca- Danaidae
 Thecla bitel- Lycaenidae
 Thelca zsta- Lycaenidae
 Euthalia garuda acontius- Nymphalidae
 Vanesa polychloros fervida- Nymphalidae
 Colias ecocandica hinducucica- Pieridae

57.  Vanesa polychloros fervida- Colias ecocandica hinducucica-

58.  The two Lepidoptera species marked with
** namely Lampides boeticus
 Linnaeus and Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius
in Schedule II, Part-II need to exclude as
these are recognized
 pests of agricultural crops (Table 1).

59. The Lepidoptera species Melitaea shandura Evans
(recorded from Chitral) is listed in Wildlife (P)
ActSchedule list,
But
Gunathilagaraj et al. (2000) assessed Melitaea sindura
Moore (recorded from Tibet,N.W. Himalayas, Sikkim,
Kumaon),
Melitaea sindura

60.  (Fruhstorfer) Evans (1932) and
Gunathilagaraj et al.(2000) considered
Neptis columella kankena Evans (recorded
from South Nicobar) and Neptis
jumbahbinghami
(recorded from Nicobar) TWO DIFFERENT
SPECIES,
but
Gupta and Mondal (2005)considered both
species as synonym of
Phaedyma columella binghami (Fruhstorfer).

61. Phydema collumella binghami
Neptis collumella kanken Neptis jumbabinghami

62.  Wetland(conservation & management)rules-
2000
 National Plan for Consrvation of Aquatic
eco system
 Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
 Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology
 Bombay Natural History Society
 Central Bureau of Investigation
 Schemes Project Tiger, Project Elephant.

63.  Fisheries act-1897
 Indian Forest act-1927
 Prevention of cruelty to animals-1960
 Water act(prevention &control polution)1974
 Forest conservation act-1980
 Air act-1981
 Environment protection act 1986
 Biological diversity act-2002
 Scheduled tribes and other traditional forest
dwellers-2006

66.  Sharma.,G. and V.V.Ramamurthy.(2010).,An
update on the insect fauna listed under the
wild life(protection)act,1972.
Hexapoda.17(2):119-135.
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67. Submitted by
Kishor Pujar
2016600508
MSc Agricultural Entomology
Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Coimbatore