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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. The salon houses the paintings and other works of Jumalon, who was also an artist.
This is a list of the 907 species of butterflies of the Philippines. 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 ...
Troides rhadamantus, the tropical golden birdwing, [2] is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1835. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus .
Arhopala aronya is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1869. [1] Its forewing length is 17–18 mm. It is endemic to the Philippines .
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Papilio chikae, the Luzon peacock swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was first described in 1965 and is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. [4] [5] It is listed as endangered by the IUCN and ESA, [1] [6] and is included on Appendix I of CITES, [7] thereby making commercial international trade ...
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Parthenos sylvia, the clipper, [2] [3] is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia, mostly in forested areas. [2] [3] The clipper is a fast-flying butterfly and has a habit of flying with its wings flapping stiffly between the horizontal position and a few degrees below the horizontal.