It's time to enjoy mountain butterflies in autumn! Meet Yongze Snake Butterfly and Yushan Shade Butterfly in Hehuan Mountain

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Endemic Biology Research and Conservation Center

9-11 Autumn is suitable for climbing mountains. In addition to the vast mountain scenery and continuous forests, it is also the best month to enjoy Yongze snake butterfly at the north peak of Hehuan Mountain at this time. Minois nagasawae are alpine butterflies, both adults and larvae complete at high altitudes; the larvae live in the snow covered soil without eating or drinking, and only climb out the next year to eat Yushania niitakayamensis, pupate and emerge.

The body color of the Nagazawa snake butterfly is mainly brown. Although the color is not bright and eye-catching, there are white dots in the middle of the black dots at the edges of the wings. At first glance, it seems that there are many eyes staring at you.

It's so easy to take pictures at the small tuyere. You can easily take pictures of Yushan shade butterflies with your mobile phone. Provided by the Special Health Center (photo by Zhu Wen)

The ecology of Hehuan Mountain is beautiful, but it's good to watch and don't disturb it.

Yang Jiadong, director of the Special Health Center, said that the Hehuan Mountain area has always been a popular tourist attraction, enjoying flowers in spring, summer, climbing mountains in autumn and watching snow in winter. There are many animals that are only distributed at high altitudes, such as the bird Prunella collaris. In May, on the peak of Mount Hehuan at an altitude of 3,400 meters, hundreds of Nantou mosquitoes (Tipula subapterogyne) can be seen flying at the same time.

While appreciating the beautiful things of nature, learn to get along with them, slow down your pace, leave beautiful figures with your eyes and cameras, do not enter the grass at will, and do not interfere with their daily behavior with your hands or tools.

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