surprise!
Recently, Ganzhou Jiulian Mountain Conservation Area
When the staff is carrying out field patrols,
Discover a special species of butterfly
Expert appraisal
Confirmed as a corrugated eye butterfly (junonia atlites)
It is a new record species of butterfly in Jiangxi Province
About the rippled eye butterfly
The rippled eye butterfly is a genus of butterflies in the family Butterfly, the front of the wings is grayish brown, with multiple corrugated lines, and there is a column of eye-like spots on the outer edge of both wings, the m3 chamber and cu1 chamber are the most obvious, the inner half is orange, the outer half is black, and surrounded by white circles.
According to the data, the female butterfly is larger than the male butterfly, the markings are more obvious, the autumn eye lines often disappear, the color is pale, like dead leaves. At present, the butterfly is mainly distributed in Hainan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Taiwan and other southern provinces in China, and is distributed in Thailand, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and other countries in the world.
The discovery of the butterfly,
Once again enriched the species diversity of jiulian mountain reserve,
As of now,
The number of butterfly species in the reserve has reached 295.
Transferred from Jiulian Mountain Conservation Area
Source: Nanchang Evening News