Hubei Daily News (Reporter Liu Hanze, Correspondents Yu Ling, Wei Jiafeng) Recently, the national second-level protected animal - Golden Shang Papilio , known as the "most beautiful butterfly", appeared in Shennongjia . This is Shennongjia. This butterfly species was discovered for the first time in in the forest area.
Golden Papilio is a national second-level protected butterfly of the genus Papilionidae and Papilio. This butterfly is the largest butterfly in China. It likes to glide and fly gracefully. The wingspan of the golden-sown swallowtail butterfly is 10 to 15 centimeters. The male butterfly's forewings have obvious gray-white scales on both sides of the black veins. The hind wings are golden yellow and will show reflected light under backlight. Once the female butterfly spreads its wings, you can see the five iconic golden "A" characters on its wings. The female butterfly discovered this time is exactly the female.
According to Wu Gang, associate professor at the School of Plant Science and Technology of Huazhong Agricultural University, who discovered the butterfly this time, due to the expansion of human activities, the habitat and living environment of the butterfly have been continuously destroyed, causing the butterfly to face the risk of extinction. . There are few traces of human activities in the Shennongjia forest area and the natural ecological environment is good, which is an important factor in the discovery of the golden Papilion butterfly .
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