Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology
Vol 8, No 2 (2023): August

Butterfly Diversity from Isolated Lowland Area: An Assessment in Langsa Urban Forest, Langsa, Aceh, Indonesia

Herlina Putri Endah Sari (Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa, Aceh 24416, Indonesia)
Andri Yusman Persada (Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa, Aceh 24416, Indonesia)
Wendy Achmmad Mustaqim (Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa, Aceh 24416, Indonesia
Forum Pohon Langka Indonesia, Bogor, West Java)

Kartika Aprilia Putri (Department of Biology, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Samudra, Langsa, Aceh 24416, Indonesia)
Imti Yazil Wafa (Sahabat Kupu-Kupu Indonesia, Komunitas Penggiat Kupu-kupu, Malang, East Java, Indonesia)



Article Info

Publish Date
17 May 2023

Abstract

Langsa Urban Forest (LUF) is a 10-ha of the isolated urban forest in Langsa, Aceh, which is maintained to preserve urban biodiversity such as the butterfly. No recent study has been done in this area on butterfly biodiversity including the diversity and plant's potential for host and food plant sources. A one-month survey in July 2021 using the standard walk method on four transects was conducted. There are 36 species recorded during this study including 5 families, with Nymphalidae as the most abundant family and Leptosia nina as the most abundant species. Shannon-Wiener diversity index was used for this recent research with the value of H’ 1.78–2.78 and the Evenness index with scale 0.66–0.94. Most of the species have broad geographical ranges, with 3 of them restricted to the Indomalayan realm. There are 117 plants were recorded which 33 species supposed as host and food plants divided into 26 as host plants, 11 as food plants, and 4 for both. No specific plants threatened the collected butterflies, but it's important since providing diversity data. 

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Agriculture, Biological Sciences & Forestry Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Environmental Science Immunology & microbiology

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Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology (JTBB) is an authoritative source of information concerned with the advancement of tropical biology studies in the Southeast Asia Region. It publishes original scientific work related to a diverse range of fields in tropical biodiversity, functional ...