
is the first time in China! Successfully bred the national first-level protected animal golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly female butterfly
html On August 27, good news came from the Jinggangshan National Nature Reserve Administration Nature Reserve golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly breeding research base. Following the 2020 artificial After successfully releasing two golden-spotted swallowtail butterflies in the wild for the first time, the base successfully hatched two golden-spotted swallowtail butterflies in August this year, one of which was a female butterfly. This time, artificial technology was used to successfully conserve a female Papilion butterfly, which is the first time in the country.
It is understood that the golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly is known as the "Giant Panda" in the insect world, and has the reputation of "Dream Butterfly", "Queen of Butterflies" and "World Animal Living Fossil". It is a national first-level protected animal with a large number of surviving animals in the wild. Very rare and rarely found.

The golden-spotted swallowtail butterfly is divided into four geographical subspecies in my country: named subspecies, Wuyi subspecies, Guangxi subspecies, and Hainan subspecies. The discovery of Jinggangshan distributed species was recorded for the first time in Luoxiao Mountains . Due to the scarcity of scientific research individuals, no subspecies has been identified yet.

Source: CCTV News