AhSoon 阿順

When I was a kid, I used to catch butterfly and make it into a specimen, its not so complicated but it took time to complete. I have stop doing that for long time, but taking some beautiful pictures of it. I met my friend last week and he showed me his collection, hence I couldn’d resist but to post it up here.

A butterfly is an insect of the order Lepidoptera. The scope of the term butterflies depends on how far the concept is extended. Currently, most experts include the superfamilies Hedyloidea (the American moth-butterflies), Hesperioidea (the skippers) and Papilionoidea (the so-called ‘true’ butterflies). This concept of butterflies including the Hedyloidea is an only recently expanded one.

Like all Lepidoptera, butterflies are notable for their unusual life cycle with a larval caterpillar stage, an inactive pupal stage and a spectacular metamorphosis into a familiar and colourful winged adult form, and most species being day-flying, they regularly attract attention. The diverse patterns formed by their brightly coloured wings and their erratic-yet graceful-flight have made butterfly watching a popular hobby.

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