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Impact of Butterfly International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies 2020; 7(2): 58-64 ISSN 2347-2677 www.faunajournal.com IJFBS 2020; 7(2): 58-64 Impact of butterfly (Nymphalidae, lycaenidae, Received: 24-01-2020 hesperiidae, pieridae, papilionidae and ridodinidae) Accepted: 16-02-2020 occurrence on the fine ecosystem at La Yaung taw, nay Kyaw Lin Maung Biotechnology Research Department, Department of Research and pyi taw union territory Innovation, Ministry of Education (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, Myanmar Kyaw Lin Maung, Yin Yin Mon, Myat Phyu Khine, Khin Nyein Chan, Yin Yin Mon Aye Phyoe, Aye Thandar Soe, Thae Yu Yu Han and Aye Aye Khai Biotechnology Research Department, Department of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Education (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, Abstract Myanmar The big community of butterfly species occurrence is related to the sustainable fine ecosystem such as butterfly and host plant interaction, pollination, blossoming, environmental healthy indication, pure Myat Phyu Khine pollution, surrounding forest and flowing fresh water. The sign of disappearing butterfly in the Biotechnology Research Department, Department of Research and environment is refer to the destruction habitats of ecosystem. The occurrence of several butterfly species Innovation, Ministry of Education leading to a fine ecosystem which lacks of constant insecticides application can be predicted. In this (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, research, critical assessments of butterfly species occurrences at La Yaung Taw, Nay Pyi Taw Union Myanmar Territory from June-November, 2019 were analyzed to evaluate the ecological health indication. Our Khin Nyein Chan results show that a total of butterfly 40 species belonging to the 29 genera and 6 families (Nymphalidae, Biotechnology Research Department, Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Papilionidae and Ridodinidae) were observed from June-Novemer, Department of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Education 2019. Among them, the family Nymphalidae is dominant as 47.5% on the butterfly occurrence. Although (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, the local reports recently show that there were destruction habitats of ecosystem in some agricultural sites Myanmar of Myanmar because of extreme insecticides application, our research revealed that it has a fine ecosystem at La Yaung Taw, Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory by the evidence of several butterfly species Aye Phyoe Biotechnology Research Department, occurrence with the high temperature weather condition and large community of living organisms. Department of Research and Innovation, Ministry of Education Keywords: Butterfly species, surveillance, ecological health indication, Nay Pyi taw union territory (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, Myanmar Introduction Aye Thandar Soe Biotechnology Research Department, The healthier ecosystem in a region belongs to the butterflies’ occurrence which is the wild Department of Research and indicators of ecosystem [1]. The successful pollination as hybridization is the main point while Innovation, Ministry of Education [2] (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, the butterflies are successful pollinators because of they find blossom to eat nectar . For the Myanmar fine ecosystem, it is depend on the global fresh water flow area through the sustainable [3] Thae Yu Yu Han ecosystem . In turf landscapes, the needed research is to conserve the population of [4] Biotechnology Research Department, pollinators which balance to maintain healthy turf host plant . Department of Research and The constant use of insecticides in the agriculture may worse ecosystem by decreasing the Innovation, Ministry of Education (Science and Technology), Kyauk-se, entire live organism including beneficial insects which the food supplies for many vertebrates Myanmar such as butterflies, birds, frogs, lizards etc. [5]. The weather condition especially temperature Aye Aye Khai have dominant effect on the occurrence of butterfly species with together other environmental Professor and Head, Biotechnology factors (sunlight, soil composition, etc.) [6]. When Landscape configuration applied insect Research Department, Department of Research and Innovation, Ministry of conservation and management, butterfly communities include in crucial role as individual Education (Science and Technology), species with different habitats [7]. Kyauk-se, Myanmar Forest surrounding, semi-natural grasslands were as important factors for butterfly species [8, 9] richness which also landscape requirement . Maintaining traditional farming landscape also [10] need to sustain a high functional diversity . Habitat-based statistical methods may predict the spatial distribution of butterflies and day flying months [11]. The species distribution models were used to predict the occurrence and abundance of butterfly species related ecological system [12]. The ecological niche models (ENMs) was used to predict the accuracy based on the climate, Corresponding Author: [13] Aye Aye Khai land-use land-cover and ecosystem . The butterfly species were identified by a computer Professor and Head, Biotechnology vision method based on local binary pattern (LBP) and artificial neural network (ANN) by Research Department, Department of atomically identifying [14]. Identification of butterfly species by a single neural network system Research and Innovation, Ministry of Education (Science and Technology), based on branch length similarity (BLS) model were conducted and calculated from the Kyauk-se, Myanmar boundary pixels of the shape as the input neural network [15]. Butterfly species identification ~ 58 ~ International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies http://www.faunajournal.com which is directly associated with crop plants, human and Materials and methods animal consumption were analyzed based on their shape by Location of study site viewing different angles [16, 17]. The study area is La Yaung Taw farm, Daw Khin Kyi The research is mainly focus on a critical assessment of Foundation, Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory in Myanmar which butterfly species occurrence for the impact on the ecological is situated at latitude 19° 44' 42.00" N, longitude 96° 07' system at La Yaung Taw, Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory in 46.99" E (Fig. 1). The location was selected based on the Myanmar. Identification of butterfly species, the surveillance geographically important and abundance of natural host plants and dominant butterflies were examined and environmental and landscaping site. The area of Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar’s health conditions were analyzed. Nay Pyi Taw, the capital capital city is 7,054.37 km2 (2,723.71 sq miles) and the city of Myanmar (Burma) is a new capital city which has a population is 924,608. The nature of horticulture and small fine ecosystem with flower pollination, the environment forest is always maintained by the sustainable development healthy indicator, pure pollution, forest surrounding and fresh government system. water flow area. Fig 1: The location of study site (The green color represents the country of Myanmar formerly Burma, the yellow color represent the Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory is an administrate division in central Myanmar which contain capacity of Myanmar, the red color represents the study site of La Yaung Taw, Daw Khin Kyi foundation, Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory). Butterfly survey pictures of several different angles [14, 15, 16]. The butterfly The research was conducted by cooperation of Biotechnology species were scientifically classified and listed the family, Research Department, Ministry of Education (Science and genus and species. The species were subdivided on the same Technology), Kyauk-se, 05151, Myanmar and La Yaung characteristics and all the species of butterflies were Taw, Daw Khin Kyi foundation, Nay Pyi Taw Union documented with scientific name. Territory. The butterfly species were surveyed. The target The ecological indices on the occurrence of butterfly species specimens of butterfly species were captured by the long such as the dominant family, the less occurrence family with handle insect net from June-November, 2019. The captured different characteristics and ecological healthy indication specimens were brought to the laboratory by placing into the were analyzed [17, 18]. plastic container with the mild chloroform for further studies. Some butterfly species on the higher trees and flying butterfly Results species were documented by the digital camera Nikon D7000 Morphological identification of butterfly species with Sigma 120-400 mm lens. The specimen collections and The identification results with morphological characteristics recording high resolution images of butterfly species were by using the several different angles of high resolution analyzed. The specimens were captured during the day time pictures and all the species with the scientific name of between 6:00 AM to 7:00 PM. butterflies found our research area were shown in Fig 2. The butterfly species were identified by step by step from Morphological identification kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species with The captured butterfly species were identified by the morphological characteristics and we discovered that all morphological characteristics based on the pattern of colors, the species were the same in kingdom, phylum, class, order. shape, size, habitat and behaviors by using the documented ~ 59 ~ International Journal of Fauna and Biological Studies http://www.faunajournal.com Fig 2. The original photographs of the butterfly (40 species) with the scientific name
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