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Species diversity and population abundance of butterflies make a British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, dubbed the National Park Bantimurung Bulusaraung in Maros regency, South Sulawesi, as the kingdom of butterflies.
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In the book Indonesian Archipelago (2009), Alfred describe the beauty of thousands of butterflies flying clouds and swarms of butterflies Graphium species Androcles gleaming white sand covering the River Bantimurung. With the majority of the region dominated by karst region, the National Park Bantimurung Bulusaraung (TNBB) was a favorite of butterflies that like moist conditions.
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Ahmad Effendi (28), local people are now a butterfly guard TNBB Museum, points out, a phenomenon that never again happen in the last 10 years. Development of natural attractions Bantimurung in 2004 to reduce the land which has been used butterflies to breed.
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Orange trees, betel forest, and Sugar-apple, and hibiscus plants and flowers asoka replaced by concrete buildings for recreational facilities. Conditions that lead to shrinkage of butterfly diversity in Bantimurung. "A lot of butterflies that migrate to other places looking for a place to spawn. Butterfly will only lay eggs in places that provide food for the caterpillars," he said in Makassar, Saturday (16/05/2010).
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Development of natural attractions 18 hectares that was inviting the public interest. Increasing tourist visits helped limit the movement of a butterfly. "These conditions interfere with the butterflies are happy with the moisture in the river," said Ahmad.
