The Municipal Bureau of Greening and Appearance said that in the autumn, a wide variety of common native butterflies can be seen in Shanghai! Have you ever paid attention? If not, let's start now and prepare for observation together↓
Where can I observe butterflies?
In Shanghai, the main trick of butterfly hunting is to find blooming flowers (honey source plants), such as gardening plants in flower beds - Eight Treasures Sedum, Five-colored Plum, Big Flower Drunken Fish Grass, Mali Tendon, Thousand Day Red, etc., as well as some wild plants in the suburban farmland wasteland - Jue Bed, Canada Yellow Flower and so on. In addition, the bamboo forest and the sap of the trunk will also attract many autumn butterflies to inhabit.
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Knowledge about butterflies is also indispensable
Have you ever seen these 30 common Shanghai native autumn butterflies?
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Jade with butterflies
Jade Ribbon Butterfly (Male)
Jade Ribbon Butterfly (Female)
Large butterflies with black wings, males have a string of white markings on the hindwings, and females have red markings on the hindwings, and like to visit flowers to suck honey. The jade-belt phoenix butterfly is believed to be the embodiment of Liang Zhu, and the two butterflies will dance during courtship. They can be seen throughout autumn in the Shanghai area, and they can be found in urban areas and suburbs.
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Red pearl butterfly
Red pearl butterfly Pachliopta aristolochiae
Large butterflies with red bodies and dark brown wings with 7 red round spots and 2-3 small white spots on the hindwings. The red pearl butterflies fly slowly and gracefully, like to visit the flowers and suck honey, and their dancing posture can be seen in the urban park green space and even the community.
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Green butterflies
Graphium sarpedon
Medium to large butterflies, with pointed wings, black-brown wings, with 1 row of pale green bands. Fly fast and like to visit flowers to suck honey or absorb water on the ground. The butterfly is one of the most numerous butterflies in Shanghai this autumn, and sometimes dozens of butterflies can be seen in the flower beds together in the honey collection.
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Fragmented green butterfly
Graphium chironides
Medium to large butterfly, with many broken pale green spots on the wing surface. Flying fast, I like to visit flowers and suck honey, and I have the opportunity to see them in urban parks and suburbs, but the population density is not high, and it takes a little luck to observe them.
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Butterfly
Papilio bianor
It is one of the largest butterflies in Shanghai, with black wings, blue and green scales scattered on the back of the wings, and pink crescent-shaped markings on the ventral surface of the hindwings. Fly fast and like to visit flowers to suck nectar.
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Northern yellow pink butterfly
Northern Yellow Pink Butterfly Eurema mandarina
Small and medium-sized butterflies with bright yellow wings and some small brown markings. Flying is not fast but very dexterous, like to visit flowers to suck honey, urban green parks and suburbs can see their figures, is a very cute yellow butterfly.
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East Asian bean powder butterfly
East Asian bean flour butterfly Colias poliographus
Small and medium-sized butterflies, bright yellow or yellowish-white wings, with dark spots on the outside of the forewings and 1 small circular spot on the reverse of the hindwings. He likes to move on the lawn or wasteland, will fly fast against the ground, and likes to visit the flowers to suck honey.
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Vegetable powder butterfly
Butterfly Pieris rapae
Small and medium-sized butterflies with white wings and triangular black spots at the apex of the forewings. One of the most common white butterflies, it loves to visit the flowers and suck honey, and they can be seen all over the city and suburbs. The larvae of the vegetable powder butterfly eat green vegetables and cabbage, that is, the famous "vegetable green worm".
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Oriental dish pink butterfly
Oriental butterfly Pieris canidia
Small and medium-sized butterflies with white wings and distinctly small black spots on the outer edges of the wings. Like the butterfly, it is also the most common small white butterfly, inhabiting farmland, wasteland and urban greenery, and it is also a good time to observe them in autumn.
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Tabby butterfly
Tabby butterfly Danaus genutia
Medium-sized butterfly with orange-yellow wings with black veins, like tiger stripes, and white spots at the apex of the forewings. Tabby butterfly flies elegantly, likes to visit flowers and suck honey, very beautiful. The Shanghai area is the season to observe and admire tabby butterflies every autumn, but their distribution is not even, and suburban wastelands and country parks are more likely to be seen.
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Golden-spotted butterfly
Danaus chrysippus
Medium-sized butterfly with orange-yellow wings with white spots at the apex of the forewings and small black spots on the hindwings. The golden spotted butterfly flies gracefully like the tabby butterfly, likes to visit flowers and suck honey, and is also a very beautiful butterfly. Some of the city's parks, country parks, and suburban wastelands have the opportunity to see them.
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Leopard butterfly
Leopard Butterfly (Male)
Leopard butterfly (female)
Medium to large butterfly, the male has black spots on a yellow background like leopard prints on the wings, and the female butterfly has blue spots and white bands on the forewings. The Leopard Butterfly is more common, flying slowly and gracefully, likes to visit flowers to suck nectar, and likes to inhabit the flower beds and large lawns of urban parks.
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Little Red Butterfly
Little Red Butterfly Vanessa cardui
Medium-sized butterfly with grey-brown wings with reddish, white and brown patterns. They are fast, very agile, like to visit flowers and suck honey, and they are easier to see in the suburbs.
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Big Red Butterfly
Great Red Butterfly Vanessa indica
Medium-sized butterfly with dark brown wings with red markings on the forewings and intricate cloud-like markings on the ventral masks. Agile in action, like to visit flowers to suck nectar, but also like to suck tree sap, sap, etc., urban and suburban areas are easy to see them, even in late autumn or early winter, as long as the weather is clear and the temperature is high, they will also come out to activities.
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Yellow hook butterfly
Polygonia c-aureum
Small and medium-sized butterflies, the color of the wings in autumn and winter is dark yellowish brown, and the ventral surface of the hindwings has a golden hook-like marking. The yellow hook butterfly overwinters as an adult, and when the temperature is high in winter, it also flies out of the activity, often resting in the flowers, and likes to visit the flowers to absorb nectar.
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Willow purple butterfly
Willow purple butterfly Apatura ilia
Medium-sized butterflies, the front of the male butterfly wings can flash a purple luster at a certain angle, is a typical butterfly scale structure color. They do not like to visit flowers, but prefer to suck the sap of tree trunks or smoke dew on the ground. The small river with willow trees is a good place to observe them.
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White-banded claw butterfly
Charaxes bernardus
Large butterfly with orange wings and a yellow-white band on its forewings. The white-banded butterfly is the strongest butterfly in The Shanghai area, flying fast and enjoying the sap of tree trunks or fermented fruits. They are found all over Shanghai, but the population density is not very high, and it takes a little luck to observe them.
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Black-veined butterfly
Black-veined butterfly Hestina assimilis
Medium-sized butterfly with white wings and well-developed black veins, and red spots at the ends of the hindwings. The black-veined butterflies fly gracefully, often fluttering, and prefer to rest on the ground or leaves near the woods, and they can be seen all over Shanghai, and autumn is also a good time to observe them.
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Beautiful eye butterfly
Beauty Eye Butterfly Junonia almana
Medium-sized butterfly with orange-yellow wings with well-developed eye-like spots on the front and mimicking dead leaves on the reverse side of the wings. Butterflies fly gracefully, like to visit flowers and suck honey, and they are easier to see in the suburbs.
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Curved butterfly
Lethe chandica
Medium-sized butterflies, males have black wings and females have brown and white spots. Like to be active in the bamboo forest, you can see it throughout the autumn, in the Shanghai area, the hills of western Huxi - Sheshan, Tianma Mountain are good places to observe them, of course, some bamboo forests in the suburbs can also see them.
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Even-striped butterfly
Lethe syrcis
Medium-sized butterfly with pale yellowish-brown wings with eye-like markings. They like to be active in the bamboo forest, and they can be seen throughout the autumn, and in the Shanghai area, Songjiang Sheshan, Tianma Mountain and other places are their main habitats.
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Long-striped butterfly
Long-veined butterfly Lethe europa
Medium-sized butterfly with pale brown wings and females with white bands on the forewings. I like to be active in the bamboo forest, and I can see them all autumn, and I can see them in some parks and green areas in the southern suburbs of Shanghai.
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Rice-browed butterfly
Mycalesis gotama
Small and medium-sized butterflies with pale brown wings and small eye-like markings. It often inhabits woods and grass, and is bumpy up and down when flying. Shanghai's urban parks, hills and suburban forest belts are their main habitats.
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Curved purple-gray butterfly
Curved purple butterfly Chilades pandava
Small butterflies, the male butterfly has a metallic blue luster on the back of the wings, while the female butterfly has a smaller metallic blue area, the ventral surface of the wings is light brown, and the hindwing has a pair of tiny tail processes. The curved purple-gray butterfly is abundant in autumn, agile, likes to visit flowers to absorb nectar, and often stops on the foliage to sunbathe.
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Bright grey butterfly
Bright grey butterfly Lampides boeticus
Small butterfly, the male butterfly has a purple metallic luster on the back of the wings, while the female butterfly has a blue luster. The ventral surface of the wings has light brown ripples. Bright grey butterflies fly very quickly and occur in large amounts in autumn, especially in park flower beds and suburban farmland.
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Blue-gray butterfly
Blue-gray butterfly Everes argiades
Small butterfly, the male butterfly has a bluish-purple front of the wings, and the female butterfly is grayish brown, the wings are anti-white, with many small black spots, and the hindwings have a pair of small tail protrusions. He likes to be active in urban green areas, lawns and suburban wastelands, and often visits flowers to suck nectar.
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Sorrel grey butterfly
Sorrel grey butterfly Zizeeria maha
Small butterfly, the male butterfly has a metallic blue luster on the back of the wings, while the female butterfly is basically black, with small spots of light brown, black or brown on the ventral surface of the wings. One of the most common small grey butterflies in Shanghai, the sorrel grey butterfly likes to fly close to the ground, often visiting flowers to suck nectar or sunbathing on the leaves.
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Dot The Grey Butterfly
Dotted Grey Butterfly Tongeia filicaudis
Small gray butterfly, black on the back of the wing, off-white underside of the wing ventral surface, with many small black spots. Autumn is more common, the flight speed is not fast, like to fly close to the ground, like to visit the flowers to absorb nectar.
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Straight-striated rice butterfly
Straight-striated rice butterfly Parnara guttata
Small butterfly with brown wings and four silver-white spots in a straight line in the middle of the hindwings. Flying fast, quick to move, like to visit flowers and suck honey, they can often be seen in the parkland of the city.
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Hidden Valley Butterfly
Pelopidas mathias
Small butterfly with brown wings and several small white spots arranged in a circular arc in the ventral mid-surface of the hindwings. The butterfly in the hidden valley is not gorgeous in appearance, but in autumn there are more people, fly quickly, like to visit flowers and absorb nectar, and are often seen in the park green space.
Source: Municipal Greening and City Appearance Bureau
Editor: Yue'er Xu