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The garden is a collection of a hundred butterfly food plant species. Among these plants are 50 local and foreign species of butterflies. Some rare species are hatched in captivity and later released. Inside the salon is Jumalon's collection of butterflies and other insects, and the histories of butterfly species.
Attacus atlas. Attacus atlas, the Atlas moth, is a large saturniid moth endemic to the forests of Asia. The species was described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . The Atlas moth is one of the largest lepidopterans, with a wingspan measuring up to 24 cm (9.4 in) [ 1] and a wing surface area of about 160 cm 2 (≈25 ...
T. magellanus. Binomial name. Troides magellanus. ( Felder, 1862) Distribution map for Troides magellanus (orange) and Troides aeacus (red) Troides magellanus, the Magellan birdwing, is a large and striking species of birdwing butterfly found in the Philippines and on Taiwan's Orchid Island . This butterfly is named for the explorer Ferdinand ...
The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism. The archipelago includes over 7000 islands (allowing intense allopatric speciation), a total land area of 300,780 km 2 and diverse ecoregions. 352 butterfly species are endemic to the Philippines. The Philippine Islands are in the Indomalayan realm.
Papilio polytes. Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, [ 2][ 3] is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. [ 2][ 3] This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose .
Ornithoptera euphorion, the Cairns birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to Queensland, and is Australia's largest endemic butterfly species. Other common names include Cooktown birdwing and northern birdwing. [2] The names Cairns and Cooktown in its common name reference the Australian cities in the region where this butterfly ...
Papilio ajax (Linnaeus) Protographium marcellus (Cramer, 1777) Eurytides marcellus, the zebra swallowtail (formerly listed under genera Protographium, Iphiclides, Graphium and Papilio by some authorities), is a swallowtail butterfly native to the eastern United States and south-eastern Canada. It is the state butterfly of Tennessee.