What kind of butterfly is Liang Zhu incarnating? Is there one in Shaanxi?

When it comes to Chinese folk love stories, people always think of "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", the two protagonists in the world are no less influential than Romeo and Juliet, can be described as household names, known as the ancient song of love. After Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were martyred, they turned into butterflies, got rid of the shackles of reality, and flew double-legged, which can also be regarded as a kind of consummation.

So the question is: Liang Zhuhua butterfly, what kind of butterfly has it become? In 1996, when the Butterfly Chapter was founded, butterfly experts and butterfly lovers from all over the country gathered together to discuss. First of all, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai became butterflies, so where did they become butterflies?

Therefore, the first one, the Liang Zhu butterfly must come from Ningbo, Zhejiang, where the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai takes place. There is still a song and ballad in the local area: "Liangshan Bo Temple to burn incense, worship the amorous blessing of the Ninth Lady; young couples make double wishes, not for butterflies, that is, Mandarin ducks." ”

Second, Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai have a beautiful love story, the butterflies that become must be beautiful, and a man and a woman, the butterflies that become should also be different between men and women (hermaphroditism), in Ningbo, Zhejiang, there are three kinds of large beautiful, hermaphroditic butterflies, namely ribbon butterflies, jade ribbon butterflies and beautiful butterflies.

In the end, everyone recognized the jade belt phoenix butterfly, because the jade belt is larger and more beautiful than the ribbon, which can be seen in the spring, summer and autumn seasons, and is a large phoenix butterfly that has successfully adapted to the southern urban environment. It is no accident that the butterfly failed to be selected, because the butterfly is not as common as the jade belt after all. It is a pity that the ribbon failed to be selected, but I think that the ribbon is not hurried and the flowing posture, and the small body shape, seem to be more in line with the characteristics of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, but the habit of the ribbon larvae gathering cannot be associated with the beautiful legend of Liang Zhu. The figure of jade belt Jiaojie is very common in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and can be seen around the home, people will naturally think, is this not Liang Shanbo (Zhu Yingtai) back?

The forewings of the jade belt male butterfly are black, and there is a white spot in the middle of the hindwing into a band, just like the jade belt waist of the ancient official, which is Liang Shanbo. Female jade-banded butterflies are similar to males, but the red crescent-shaped markings on the hind wings are developed, which can be described as colorful skirts, which is the beautiful zhu Yingtai. "The reader went to the deserted platform, the spring breeze grew wild moss, the peach blossoms on the mountain were red like fire, and a pair of butterflies flew again." The jade-belted phoenix butterfly described in Shi Chengyu's Jingnan Bamboo Branch Dictionary of the Qing Dynasty is a butterfly from the legendary Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

Butterflies like to visit flowers, especially citrus, grapefruit and yellow-skinned and two-sided needles of the family Rubiaceae, which are good-looking but harmful to orchards. Female butterflies are competent mothers, they are harsh on the selection of food for their offspring, they will carefully select host plants, and then only lay eggs on healthy young leaves, to ensure that future baby insects can grow up worry-free and happy.

Don't look at the jade belt phoenix butterfly when she grew up with a beautiful appearance, when she was a child, she really it in order to survive. Clever larvae will disguise themselves, what do they pretend? Shit!

The body color of the young larvae looks like a lump of bird droppings on the leaves, and they use this camouflage to deceive animals that will want to prey on them. Imagine who would try to eat a lump of bird droppings. Of course, the "bird droppings" is only a transition, and at the end of the age, the jade-belt butterfly larvae will take off the original personality of the "heavy taste" coat, and instead put on a green suit, becoming a small fresh temperament of the "green man".

Don't think that without the cloak of bird droppings, they have no ability to defend against foreign enemies, and they also have a special secret weapon - stink horn glands. When the larvae feel threatened, they roll out red stinky horn glands from their chest and emit a special odor that scares away predators. Smart babies live long. After feasting, they crawl to a safe place and wait silently for the most important transformation of their lives, pupating. After a long wait, the jade belt butterfly finally ushered in the gorgeous transformation of the pupa into a butterfly.

How do you tell when a pupae will feather? If the internal structures, such as the eyes, can be clearly seen, it will feather within 2-3 days. The pupal shell becomes transparent before feathering, and if the pattern of the wings and body is clearly visible, it will feather within a few hours. When feathering, the upper part of the pupal shell is first cracked, and the butterfly's head and legs are protruding, and it must be ensured that it has a grip position to pull out the body and wings. After the butterfly body emerges from the pupal shell, it needs to hang upside down and use gravity to hydraulic the body into the veins of the wings in order to open the wings. Just a few hours after feathering, the butterfly uses bodily fluids to break its wings, expel the waste from the body, spread its wings and fly, and then begin the courtship road.

Named in 1758, there are 4 subspecies in China, which are common in southern Shaanxi and Shaanxi, and can occasionally be seen in the Guanzhong region, and for more than a year, the pupae overwinter, and adult insects can be seen in the area below 2000 meters above sea level, between April and September.

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