Danaid Butterfly Migration Study in South China and Butterfly Marking Experience Activities
In 2011, Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve from Environmental Association found a Chestnut Butterfly (Parantica sita) that flew from Japan to Hong Kong during our study on overwintering Danaid butterflies. We believe that Hong Kong is only one of the stopover point for overwintering danaid butterflies, and the actual migration route of them in Hong Kong and other South China region is still a mystery.
Since July 2011, Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve has marked a number of different species of danaid butterflies, most of which are
the blue spotted crow(Euploea midamus), Blue Tiger (Tirumala limniace).
We will mark a code on the butterfly's left and right hindwings, such as "HKF001", representing the location code (HKF, Hong Kong Fung Yuen) and the assigned serial number of that butterfly(001).
Report to us
Dear butterfly lovers, if you find a marked danaid butterfly outside the Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve, please write down the code on their wing, together with the date, time and place of the discovery (photo record is preferable), and email it to info@fungyuen.org or submit the online report form: https://forms.gle/tjuTRzQ1bVYB7i6Y7.
Studying the migration routes of danaid butterflies is an important key to butterfly conservation. It can allow us to proposed an effective long-term butterfly conservation measures and policies, so that our next generation can also see the beautiful and spectacular Butterfly Valley in winter.
**Note: All butterfly marking activities must be done by trained and licensed personnel. Please do not capture any butterflies by your own.
