Bantimurung National Park was established as a nature conservation area in 2004. The park with about 43,770 hectares width is located in Bantimurung District, Maros, South Sulawesi. There are natural destination of steep limestone hill valleys with tropical vegetation, waterfalls, and caves which the habitat of various fauna species, including butterflies. Alfred Russel Wallace dubbed Bantimurung as The Kingdom of Butterfly. He gave this nickname when he researched this location between 1856-1857. According to Wallace’s research, for a year in that location there are at least 250 species of butterflies.…
Visiting Bantimurung National Park, The Kingdom of Butterfly
