Recently, Shou Jianxin, the "butterfly old man" who has studied butterflies for decades, received a letter of appointment from the China Tiger Butterfly Natural Museum, appointing him as the honorary curator of the museum. This is also another recognition of his position in the butterfly industry.
Shou Jianxin, a retired teacher at the Shaanxi Provincial Bank School, went from an amateur to a famous butterfly expert at home and abroad. In 1990, Shou Jianxin and China's insect expert Zhou Yao co-authored "World Butterfly Stamps", which was the book that introduced the most butterfly species in China at that time. Shou Jianxin discovered two rare butterfly species, the Zhou's tiger butterfly and the small Xuan gray butterfly. The former is a new species that has not been recorded in the world butterfly world before, while the latter is the smallest butterfly in China that has not been documented before. In addition, he also discovered and named two new varieties, "Pseudo-eye Butterfly" and "Samsung Macular Butterfly".
The China Tiger Butterfly Natural Museum issued a new letter of appointment to Shou Jian. Although originally a hobby, due to his long-term dedication to research, his achievements in the butterfly world have been praised by many experts. He has published a number of butterfly monographs and has had a great impact on the industry. At the end of last year, he published a new edition of the "World Butterfly List", which included 15,337 species of butterflies in the world, including 2,233 species of Chinese butterflies. All the butterfly species in the book come from specimens he collected and collected over the years.
Walking into his home was like walking into a butterfly museum. Over the years, he has collected thousands of butterfly specimens through collection, purchase, exchange, etc., some of which are very rare and cannot be overstated as valuable.
Tiger butterfly. Shou Jianxin's discovery of the Zhou's tiger butterfly was once a new species that has not been recorded in the world butterfly world.
A dead leaf butterfly.
A wide variety of butterflies, many very rare.
Owl butterfly. This large specimen of butterflies is also produced in the Americas.
Rare butterfly specimens such as golden bounty butterflies.
Shou Lao's home is an old house from the 1990s and has been living for more than 20 years. Originally, he had the opportunity to live in a larger and newer house, but he gave everything for the butterfly research and did not consider buying a new house.
Many of the objects in his home are associated with butterflies.
A wide variety of butterfly specimens and daily necessities.
Shou Jianxin is now 73 years old, but his love for butterflies has not cooled, although it is now difficult to move due to a serious illness, but the butterfly is still vibrant, as if back to the youth era.