Diversity of butterflies in four different forest types in Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Widhiono I. 2015. Diversity of butterflies in four different forest types in Mount Slamet, Central Java, Indonesia.
Biodiversitas 16: 196-204. The study was carried out in four different habitat types (secondary forest, plantation forest, agroforest, and
tourist area) on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, Baturaden Forest, Central Java, Indonesia from July 2009 to August 2010. A total
of 99 species belonging to eight families showed a dominance of Nymphalidae (30 species) followed by Pieridae (17 species),
Lycaenidae (15 species), Papilionidae (13 species), Satyridae (11 species), Danaidae (6 species), Amathusidae (4 species), and
Riodinidae (3 species). From the 99 butterflies species found on the southern slope of Mount Slamet, 32 species (30%) were specific to
the forest, whereas 63 species (60.6%) were common to all habitats sampled, and the last 10 species (9.4%) were endemics species with
one protected species (Troides helena). The present results was showed that butterflies diversity, abundance, and endemism is still
relatively high, representing 18% of all butterfly species found in Java and supporting 71.4% endemic species found in Central Java.
The plantation forest were contributed the highest diversity and abundance of butterfly species, whereas the agroforest showed the
lowest diversity, abundance, and endemism. Among all habitats surveyed, the secondary forest represented the most suitable habitat for
biodiversity conservation and maintenance of rare and endemic species.