Yuntai Mountain, Lianyungang City, now Aizhen Eye Butterfly Formation

On the morning of June 13, 2022, Zhou Yan, a wildlife protection volunteer in our city, patrolled in Yuntai Mountain, and found a group of Aizhen -Eye Butterflies. The golden yellow wings danced in the sun and were very beautiful.

Aizhen's Eye Butterfly is also called Shacao Eye Butterfly, which is named after a column of eye spots on the wings.Wu Liye, the first of our city's butterfly experts and experts from the Chinese Insect Society Butterfly Branch, found them in Yunlongyu. Later volunteers Zhou Yan discovered their figures in Nanyundai, Zhongyintai, and Nanyundai, which attracted the attention of domestic experts.

"Aizhen Eye Butterfly is the" near -critical "species in the red list of the" World Nature Conservation Alliance ". The city of Yunntai Mountain in our city is the only place for them in Jiangsu Province. They are the same as Bingqing silk butterfly.The annual hatching is in June, and the survival time is about a month. "Expert Wu Liye said." There are more than 20 groups of Aizong -eye butterflies discovered this time, which is a large population. "

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