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Also known as Butterfly Museum, Wankhar Entomological Museum is privately owned and lies at a distance of 2 km from Police Bazaar. It is the only known museum in India devoted to moths and butterflies. Mrs Wankhar, the daughter of Bengali entomologist Dr S Sarkar, runs the museum. She collects specimens from different countries.The museum was established in the 1930s and boasts a vast collection of rhinoceros beetles along with 1,600 species of butterflies and moths. One can also find other stick-insects of various colours and patterns. The museum was once instrumental in the conservation of rare butterfly and moth species as it started a breeding programme. A display in the premises gives an insight into the habitat and life span of insects.