Abstract:
Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Reserve located in Kampar and Kuantan Singingi districts,
Riau Province. Owing to conversion of forest especially for oil palm plantations and human
settlement, has devastating effects for the Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Reserve ecosystem,
thus have a direct influence for biodiversity loss. The objective of this study was to analyze the
diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in Bukit Rimbang Bukit Baling Wildlife Reserve.
This study was conducted in three different location i.e human settlement, oil palm plantation and
riverside from 09:00 – 12:00 am and from 14:00 – 16:00 pm within Pollard transect methode was
used. The study succesfully identified 465 butterflies individuals representating 78 species belong
five families namely Papilionidae (10 species), Pieridae (12 species), Nymphlidae (37 species),
Lycaeniidae (14 species), Hesperiidae (5 species). The highest Shanon-diversity index were found
in riverside (H’ = 3,93), while the lowest were in the oil palm plantation (H’ = 2,46).
