Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world comprising 17,508 islands with an area of 3.1 million km2 marine range ( Tuwo , 2011) . Conditions tropical climate with sunshine throughout the year provides a great opportunity to develop optimally for the flora and fauna that are in place . One very interesting fauna because of its beauty is the butterfly . The island is separated by oceans allow for differences in butterfly species in western and eastern Indonesia . LIPI predict approximately ± 2,500 species of butterflies scattered throughout the Indonesian archipelago . Among these about 42 % are endemic species ( DFS , 2003) .
Bantimurung is one of the distribution centers butterflies are very famous in the world so that Alfred Russell Wallace gave the nickname " The Kingdom of Butterfly " while visiting the area on his expedition in 1890 . Wallace found about 256 species of butterflies were thought to not only come from Bantimurung but it has been mixed with the butterflies that come from Halmahera, Irian Jaya . Based on Government Regulation no . 7 of 1999 on the Preservation of Fauna and Flora , has set four kinds of butterflies are protected in South Sulawesi family Papilionidae and Nymphalidae namely : Troides helena Linne , Troides haliphron Boisduval , Troides hypolithus - cellularis Rothschild and Cethosia Myrina . Butterfly species can be found in the region of TN Bantimurung Bulusaraung Maros ( DFS , 2003) . Exploration results Mattimu et al ( 1987) found 108 species of butterflies in Bantimurung with endemic species : Papilio blumei , P. sataspes , Troides haliphron , T. helena , T. hypolithus - cellularis and Graphium Androcles .
Based on the CITES ( Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ) , three types of Troides spp Bantimurung that are included in CITES Appendix II , one of which is T. haliphron butterfly ( DFS , 2003) . But the fact of the existence of butterflies in danger due to poaching . In addition to poaching , population decline T. haliphron in nature occurs due to reduced feed to the larvae due to cultivation techniques Aristolochia tagala less known by the public . Another fact is Maryatul et al ( 2010) reported that T. butterfly imago haliphron only appear in certain months , especially in the beginning of the rainy season ie January, March , August, September and October . The other two types , namely T. and T. helena - cellularis hypolithus can usually be found throughout the year at Cave Pattunuang TWA and Bantimurung . Anonymous (2012 ) suggested that the inclusion of T. haliphron in the list of international butterfly trade led to soaring prices so that people take directly from nature and not from captivity . As an illustration of monarch butterfly ( Troides spp ) and butterflies Angel ( Cethosia Myrina ) costs about Rp . 300,000 to Rp . 1,000,000 per cow and Papilio alexandria approximately USD $ 500 or approximately Rp . 85.000.000 , - .