China News Service, Honghe, Yunnan, June 7 (Wang Jingya, Du Xiaoxiao) China·Honghe Butterfly Valley, located in Jinping County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, has recently ushered in the annual butterfly outbreak period. More than 150 million butterfly larvae will be It emerges into a butterfly within 1 month, and the scene is spectacular.
Yunnan Province is a famous kingdom of animals and plants, with more than 700 species of butterflies.
China Honghe Butterfly Valley is located on the Sino-Vietnamese border, in the mountainous area of Ma'andi Township, Jinping County, Honghe Prefecture. This area has more than 320 species of 11 of the 12 butterfly families in the country, and is one of the regions with the most abundant butterfly resources in the world.
According to current reports, two large outbreaks of butterflies have been found in two places around the world, one in Mexico and the other in the Red River Butterfly Valley in China.
On the 7th, the reporter saw at the scene that a large number of butterflies had broken out of their cocoons and gathered in the mountains, forests, and streams, forming a flying landscape.
"Butterfly outbreak refers to the phenomenon that a large number of butterfly larvae emerge into butterflies in a short period of time from May to June every year. The butterfly outbreak in Ma'andi Township is mainly dominated by arrow-ring butterfly, and a small number of golden spotted beaks can also be observed. Butterfly, golden butterfly and other precious species." Yang Zhenwen, director of China Red River Butterfly Valley Museum, introduced that according to the observation of butterfly larvae and pupae at 23 observation sites in the Butterfly Valley, the number of arrow-ring butterfly outbreaks in Butterfly Valley will reach 150 million this year. above.
"The formation of such a scene is inseparable from the excellent ecology and biodiversity of Ma'andi Township, Jinping County." Yang Zhenwen said that the local forest coverage rate is 70%, and there are 116,000 mu of nature reserves. Due to the large altitude difference, the three-dimensional climate Obviously, a natural animal and plant gene pool has been formed, providing excellent conditions for the survival of butterflies.
It is understood that, in order to protect the living environment of butterflies to the greatest extent, the local area actively supports and explores the cultivation of butterfly eggs and chrysalis host plants such as Sorrelia chinensis and Chinese giant bamboo, as well as honey source plants such as milkweed, five-colored plum, and oleander. .
At the same time, according to the growth habit and reproduction cycle of different butterfly populations, a full-cycle butterfly reproduction ecosystem is constructed in chronological order, so as to prolong the outbreak period and improve the viewing degree.
This year, there are expected to be four butterfly outbreaks in the local area, and the outbreak will last until July.
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