The final volume of a comprehensive encyclopedia on Taiwanese butterflies has been published, setting a milestone in Asian lepidopterology.
In five volumes with six books, Butterfly Fauna of Taiwan (臺灣蝶類誌) contains introductions and color photographs of the great variety of butterfly species found in Taiwan, along with detailed descriptions in Chinese and English.
This year saw the publication of the fifth and final volume of the project that began in 2018, the Forestry Bureau said on Wednesday.
It was compiled by the bureau along with Hsu Yu-feng (徐堉峰), a renowned butterfly and moth expert at National Taiwan Normal University.
Dubbed the “kingdom of butterflies,”
Sparked by global warming and other forms of climate change, tropical butterflies are starting to arrive in Hong Kong and Taiwan in greater numbers, while temperate-zone species like the monarch appear to be dwindling in the region, conservationists told RFA. "Seven new butterfly species were discovered in Hong Kong in 2021, including swallowtails, gray butterflies,…
Sparked by global warming and other forms of climate change, tropical butterflies are starting to arrive in Hong Kong and Taiwan in greater numbers, whi
Sparked by global warming and other forms of climate change, tropical butterflies are starting to arrive in Hong Kong and Taiwan in greater numbers, whi