Formulation of design concept of urban park using butterflies as a good urban environment bio-indicator

Abstract

Creating an urban eco-park an efforts to restore habitat in urban areas. The Urban Eco-Park is useful to be a wildlife refuge, as well as functioning the urban park to become an indicator of environmental quality by introducing butterflies. The butterfly is one of the animals that can be observed more easily and closely than other species of insects. Butterflies have a significant ecological role, which can be found in several habitats of urban areas. The benefit of butterfly is acting as a good urban environment bio-indicator. Some butterflies’ species mentioned in a case study as a bio indicator but the abundance and diversity of butterflies have more important role to indicate a good urban environment. The objective of this study is creating model to formulate a concept of urban park where the park is become an indicator of a good environment showing by butterflies appearance. The Site Plan was made with concept to invite butterflies by using their proper plants preferences (food plants and host plants). The method in this study using descriptive method comprised literature review from case studies and field observations. The result showed that a well landscape management was able to provide suitable food plants and host plants which were important to maintain the existence of butterflies in an urban park.