| Butterflies are not only
an important order of insects confronting nature lovers, collectors and
scientists with innumerable unsolved problems, neither are they dangerous
pests threatening man's economy with great financial losses. Butterflies
are frequently his friends in the struggle to achieve harvest and, if he
takes the trouble to look closely, are often creatures of unexpected beauty;
the colors and forms of these living jewels are magnificent. It will require
more that ordinary skill for an artist to reproduce the metallic shimmer
of gloss sheen seen in some of the tropical winged jewels. The satisfaction,
excitement and delight of the nature lover or the collector who discovers
the rare species which has eluded him, is beyond description.
The conservation of our wildlife
and our butterflies in particular, some of which are on the verge of extinction,
is very important and some thought should be given for its conservation.
Let us protect our forests.
DESIGN
Arisbe decolor stratos
(Rothschild, 1895) This remarkable fast flying black and white Papilio
swallowtail belongs to the antiphates group. The species can be found
in the island of Mindoro. |
