Pathanga is a citizen science platform developed and maintained by the Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI), Government of Karnataka, to facilitate the collection, documentation, monitoring and dissemination of butterfly observations and associated biodiversity information.
The platform enables citizens, researchers, students, educational institutions, naturalists, government agencies and conservation organisations to voluntarily contribute biodiversity observations for scientific research, conservation planning, environmental education and climate change studies.
By registering, accessing or using the Pathanga mobile application or website, users agree to the terms outlined in this Data Contribution, Privacy and Terms of Use Statement — set out across this page, Privacy and Terms of Use.
The primary objectives of Pathanga are to:
Registered users may voluntarily contribute:
Users are encouraged to upload additional observations supported by photographs wherever possible.
Pathanga may provide Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based species identification to assist users.
AI-generated identifications are intended only as preliminary suggestions and should not be considered taxonomically definitive.
Final verification may be performed by:
EMPRI does not guarantee 100% identification accuracy.
Photographs uploaded by contributors remain the intellectual property of the respective contributors.
By uploading photographs and associated biodiversity observations, contributors grant EMPRI a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual licence to store, display, analyse, publish, archive, reproduce and use the submitted observations for:
Ownership of photographs is not transferred to EMPRI.
Individual observations may be shared with:
Data may also be integrated into:
Personal information of contributors will not be shared except where required by law or with explicit consent.
Contributors are responsible for ensuring that submitted observations are accurate to the best of their knowledge.
EMPRI reserves the right to:
Compiled datasets generated through Pathanga may be used for:
Where practicable, contributors will be acknowledged. However, due to the large volume of observations, individual acknowledgement may not always be possible.
All contributions are voluntary.
By contributing observations, users acknowledge that:
Pathanga Support
Environmental Management & Policy Research Institute (EMPRI)
Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment
Government of Karnataka
pathangaempri@gmail.com