Butterfly found to have migrated 1,600 km from Japan to China
Dec. 19
Photo shows a chestnut tiger butterfly found in the city of Pingfu in Zhejiang Province, near Shanghai, in October 2006 that migrated from Japan. The butterfly, known scientifically as Parantica sita, tagged with letters and figures on its wings, was released in August that year in the central Japan city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, by a group of researchers from Japan and Taiwan. (Photo courtesy of Zhu Jianqing) (Kyodo)
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