Author/Authors :
CHONG CHIN, HEO Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology Medical Entomology, Malaysia , Abdullah Marwi, Mohamed Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology Medical Entomology, Malaysia , Jeffery, John university of malaya - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Parasitology, Malaysia , Sofian-Azirun, Mohd. university of malaya - Faculty of Science - Institute of Biological Science, Malaysia. , Chee Dhang, Chen university of malaya - Faculty of Science - Institute of Biological Science, Malaysia , Omar Abdullah, Wan Universiti Putra Malaysia - Faculty of Heath Sciences, Malaysia , Ishak, Ismarulyusda Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Allied Health Sciences - Department of Biomedical Science, Malaysia , Omar, Baharudin Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia - Faculty of Allied Health Sciences - Department of Biomedical Science, Malaysia
Abstract :
An entomological study was conducted in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor, Malaysia in May until September 2007 revealing five species of butterflies (all from family Nymphalida e) were attracted to pig carcasses placed in an oil palm plantation. Euploea mulciber (Cramer 1777), Hypolimnas bolina (Linna eus 1758), Elymnias hypermnestra (Linnaeus 1763), Mycalesis mineus (Linnaeus 1758) and Ypthima baldus (Fabricius 1775) came to the carcasses at different stages of decomposition. From this study, we know that nymphalid butterflies are attracted to carcasses but their roles are most probably unimportant in post-mortem estimation.
Keywords :
Butterflies , Nymphalidae , pig carcass , forensic entomology , Malaysia
