Pastor Rick
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New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Most of the time all we hear about is the extinction of known butterfly species so I thought I would bring a smile to everyone today by posting this discovery of a barand new species of butterfly which was found in China!
Meet the Xiushan's Large Blue Butterfly
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12/6/2010, 9:53 am
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
oh I was soooo hoping to see a beautiful butterfly and it was all ... words" :rbbf:
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12/6/2010, 10:46 am
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
You did good, Pastor Rick!
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12/6/2010, 11:30 am
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Awesome!! I love it when a new species is found, rather than hearing of another one going extinct...
Good job Pastor...
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12/6/2010, 2:40 pm
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Here are some pics of both the male and female...
Phengaris xiushani "Xiushan's Large Blue", the newly discovered species
(3: male upper side, 4: under side;
5: female upper side, 6: under side)
(Credit: Prof. Min Wang/South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou)
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12/6/2010, 10:08 pm
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Is PK hinting that her next vacation be to China...
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12/7/2010, 10:59 am
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
China could be an interesting place to visit. I do wonder where this one gets the name of blue. It looks white to me.
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12/8/2010, 10:27 am
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Looks white to me too.
But the very end of that article that Pastor linked above says:
quote: The name given to the new species refers: (a) to the beautiful mountain on the slopes of which it was found (Xiu-Shan in Chinese means "beautiful mountain"), and (b) the species name was dedicated to Dr. Xiushan Li who worked at UFZ for some years.
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12/9/2010, 1:07 pm
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I suppose that makes sense then. Wish that they would discover some new butterflies closer to home though. Not likely I'll get to China anytime soon. I'm lucky to be able to afford to get out of my own back yard lately.
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Re: New species of Butterfly discovered in China!
Yeah, I hear ya. What with hospital bills, mine and kids. And college loans and now those 3 things on the RV that needed fixed, (the RV repair guy has one more to fix)...lordy only knows what the bill is going to be! I told hubby we may just be parking in Mom and Dads driveway all summer!! Not that they would mind......
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