Keanekaragaman kupu-kupu (Lepidoptera) di kawasan Desa Pasirlangu, Kecamatan Cisarua, Kabupaten Bandung Barat, Jawa Barat

Septianella G, Peggie Dj, Sasaerila HY. 2015. Diversity of butterflies (Lepidoptera) in Pasirlangu Village, Cisarua, District of West Bandung, West Java. Pros Sem Nas Masy Biodiv Indon 1: 1816-1820.The butterflies are insects that have important role as pollinators and environment bio-indicators. Location of this research was at Pasirlangu, a village located in West Java, Indonesia, dominated by various plantations (vegetables, tea, and flowers). This research was conducted by collecting samples of butterflies along the walking path, at three sites of collections. Results showed 45 species of butterflies of 538 individuals captured at the three locations: first location, Pine Forest (alt.1384 m asl) has Shannon-Wiener index of 3.254; second location, a Tea plantation (alt. 1075 m asl) has the Shannon-Wiener index of 2,908, and the third location, Riparian Forest (alt. 1084 m asl) has Shannon-Wiener index of 4.140. Riverside vegetation was the preferable habitat for butterflies because it consist of various plants. In it concluded that this sampling location (Pasirlangu) has a moderate level of butterflies diversity (index Shannon-Wiener of 3,434).