Sains Malaysiana 45(10)(2016): 1413–1422
The Significance of Wing and Body
Morphometry in Discriminating Six Species of Eurema
Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
of Peninsular Malaysia
(Kepentingan
Morfometri Sayap dan Badan dalam
Membezakan Enam
Spesies Rama-rama Eurema di Semenanjung Malaysia)
NOOR AZRIZAL-WAHID1,2*, MOHD SOFIAN-AZIRUN1
& MOHAMMED RIZMAN-IDID1,3
1Institute of Biological
Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala
Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
2Department of Biology,
Faculty of Science, Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
3Institute of Ocean
and Earth Sciences, C308 IGS Building, University of Malaya
50603 Kuala Lumpur,
Wilayah Persekutuan, Malaysia
Diserahkan: 28 September
2015/Diterima: 25 Februari
2016
ABSTRACT
Six species of Eurema butterflies comprised of 261 adult
individuals collected from various sampling sites
in Peninsular Malaysia were identified. The morphometric measurement
of the specimens was carried out by using seven characters measured
from the wing and body regions. Morphometric analysis was determined
through the multivariate analysis of Discriminant Function Analysis
(DFA)
and Cluster Analysis. The results of DFA showed that two out of seven
characters utilized have the lowest values of Partial’s Wilks Lambda;
basal length and hindwing length. These characters therefore are
significant for the discrimination of the Eurema
species. The classification matrix shows that both E. hecabe
and E. blanda were completely
discriminated by the characters set. Moreover, there was great overlaps
occurred between the species groups when plotting a conical graph
except for species E. blanda that formed homogenous group. Basal length was also
suggested as the species-specific character for grouping the species
E. blanda. In Cluster Analysis,
E. hecabe tends to be closer to E. sari with the lowest
value of agglomeration. The results from dendogram
generated from average linkage also showed several relationship
patterns among the six species.
Keywords: Discrimination; Eurema; morphometric; multivariate analysis
ABSTRAK
Enam spesies rama-rama
Eurema telah dikenal pasti daripada 261 individu dewasa yang ditangkap dari pelbagai lokasi
di Semenanjung Malaysia. Kajian morfometri telah dijalankan dengan menggunakan tujuh ukuran sifat daripada bahagian sayap dan badan.
Analisis
morfometri ditentukan berdasarkan analisis multivariat iaitu Analisis Diskriminasi Fungsi (DFA) dan
Analisis Kelompok.
Keputusan DFA merungkaikan
dua daripada
tujuh sifat yang digunakan mempunyai nilai Partial’s Wilks Lambda yang terendah;
panjang basal dan
panjang kepak belakang.
Justeru,
sifat ini bermanfaat
untuk membezakan
antara spesies Eurema. Klasifikasi matriks pula menunjukkan kedua-dua E.
hecabe dan E. andersonii sepenuhnya
didiskriminasikan oleh set sifat. Seterusnya, terdapat pertindihan
yang ketara berlaku
antara spesies dalam analisis pemboleh ubah konikal
kecuali bagi
spesies E. blanda yang dilihat membentuk kelompok homogen. Panjang basal juga dicadangkan sebagai spesies-khusus sifat untuk pengelasan spesies E. blanda. Analisis Kelompok pula menunjukkan E. hecabe lebih cenderung rapat dengan E. sari dan mempunyai nilai jadual aglomerasi yang terendah. Keputusan daripada dendogram
juga menunjukkan beberapa
corak hubungan antara enam spesies
dalam kajian
ini.
Kata kunci: Analisis
multivariat; diskriminasi;
Eurema; morfometri
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