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Thriving Beasts
Birds, the Spirits
Reptiles,the  Overlord
Amphibians,the Pioneers
Multi-colored Fish
Charming Butterflies
Are all beasts 
near-sighted?
Cursorial and swimming birds
“Language” of the birds
Loser on the arena
Red panda, you may never know.
Pekin Robin, the loyal lover.
Lizard or snake?
  Watch the snakes!
Listen! The Birds are singing! 
I am small and lovely, I am a Intermediate Slow Loris. 
 
  Clouded leopard,where are you?
Butterfly, the beauty.
 

 

 

Milkweed Butterflies(Salatura Genutia

  The color of its wings is orange yellow or orange red. The vein of its wings is thick and dark. The edges of its fore and hind wings are black with 2 rows of white spots, which are more outstanding in its hind wings. The tips of its fore wings are black and with a white spot ribbon. The hind wings of the male butterfly have black spots in the inner sides. The under side of the male spots is white in the middle. Mr. Zhou Yao classified it as Danaus and named it Danaus genutia. Its name means that the dark veins of its wing on the yellow wing surface looks like the stripes of a tiger.

    This kind of butterfly and its larva can gather toxic element from their food. Its enemies dare not harm them at all. Its features are imitated by many other kinds of butterflies for the purpose of defending themselves. It distributes in Henan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan and Tibet in China.

    Its wingspan is 75-95 mm.

 

                    

 


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