Insect Stamp of Republic of China

Taiwan is called "the Republic of China", but the state that it is a country, and there is not in a country continues since United Nations exile of 1971 in a Chinese part (Taiwan ministry) globally. Indigenous people lived, but it was occupied in the 17th century by Netherlands, Spain, and It was ruled for China / the Qing dynasty after 1683, and it was occupied by Japanese since Sino-Japanese War to World War II. Chiang Kai-shek / Nationalist China which lost in a civil war with the Communist Party in 1949 moved to Taipei from Nanjing and began rule as the Republic of China. A martial law bottom, the autocracy system by Chiang Kai-shek followed for many years afterward. Martial law was removed in 1987, and Li Tengu-hui took office as the president.
Taiwan belongs to the Oriental region instead of Holarctic region in the world area classification of an insect.
Six kinds of stamps on which the insect was drawn is issued as a normal stamp from this Taiwan in 1958.
Four kinds of stamps which drew various insects were issued in 1997.
Four kinds of stamps which drew the dragonfly were issued in 2000 and 2003, respectively.
Four kinds of stamps on which a firefly is drawn of Taiwan special product were issued in 2006.
Four kinds of stamps which it drew a stag beetle made specially in Taiwan on were issued in 2008 year.
In 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 year, four kinds of stamps which it each drew a long-horned beetle on were issued.
One piece of small seat including six kinds of heteromorphic stamps which it drew a bee made specially in Taiwan on was issued in 2012 year.

Republic of China
1958.3.20 Normal Stamp
Batocera Longhorn
Batocera lineolata
(Cerambycidae)
Broad Swallowtail
Papilio maraho
(Papilionidae)
Asian Atlas Moth
Attacus atlas
(Saturniidae)
Burnet Moth
Erasmia pulchella
(Zygaenidae)
Formosan
Long-armed Scarab
Cheirotonus macleayi
(Scarabaeidae)
Great Mormon
Papilio memnon
(Papilionidae)


1997.4.25 Normal Stamp
Giant Stag Beetle
Dorcus tormosanus
(Lucanidae)
True Katydid
Phylophorina kotoshoensis
(Tettigoniidae)
Birdwing Butterfly
Troides magellanus
(Papilionidae)
Walking Stick
Megacrania tsudai
(Phasmatidae)

2000.10.11 Dragonfly Stamp
Great Dragonfly
Anotogaster sieboldii
(Cordulegasteridae)
Hooked Club-tailed Dragonfly
Lamelligomphus formosanus
(Gomphidae)
Variable Skimmer
Neurothemis ramburii
(Libellulidae)
Indigo Dropwing Skimmer
Trithemis festiva
(Libellulidae)

2003.7.25 Dragonfly Stamp
Darter Dragonfly
Sympetrum eroticum
(Libellulidae)
Asian Pintail
Acisoma panorpoides
(Libellulidae)
Lesser Emperor
Anax parthenope
(Aeschnidae)
Variable Glider
Rhyothemis variegata
(Libellulidae)

2006.5.25 FireFly Stamp
Window FireFly
Pyrocoelia analis
(Lampyridae)
Orange FireFly
Diaphanes citrinus
(Lampyridae)
Snowish FireFly
Diaphanes niveus
(Lampyridae)
Shorthorn Window FireFly
Diaphanes formosus
(Lampyridae)

2008.6.5 Stag Beetle Stamp
Stag Beetle
Neolucanus swinhoei
(Lucanidae)
Giant Stag Beetle
Dorcus schenklingi
(Lucanidae)
Stag Beetle
Lucanus datunesis
(Lucanidae)
Narrow Red Stag
Cyclommatus asahinai
(Lucanidae)

2010.5.21 Longhorn Beetle Stamp
Erythrus Longhorn Beetle
Erythrus formosanus
(Cerambycidae)
Red Longhorn Beetle
Rosalia formosa
(Cerambycidae)
Aphrodisium Longhorn Beetle
Aphrodisium faldermannii
(Cerambycidae)
Anopolophora Longhorn Beetle
Anoplophora horsfieldi
(Cerambycidae)

2011.1.26 Longhorn Beetle Stamp
Wu-she Blood-spotted Longhorn
Aeolesthes enochrous
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Doliops similis
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Thermistis taiwanensis
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Dorysthenes pici
(Cerambycidae)

2012.3.9 Longhorn Beetle Stamp
Longhorn Beetle
Leptura formosomontana
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Pyrestes curticornis
(Cerambycidae)
Anaglyptus Longhorn Beetle
Anaglyptus meridionalis
(Cerambycidae)
Anopolophora Longhorn Beetle
Anoplophora albopicta
(Cerambycidae)

2013.8.28 Longhorn Beetle Stamp
Longhorn Beetle
Parandra lanyuana
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Bunothorax takasagoensis
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Oplatocera mandibulata
(Cerambycidae)
Longhorn Beetle
Cyrtoclytus kusamai
(Cerambycidae)

2012.7.12 Bee Stamp
Large Potter Wasp
Phimenes flavopictus
(Eumenidae)
Western Honeybee
Apis mellifera
(Apidae)
Ichneumonid Wasp
Xanthopimpla pedator
(Ichneumonidae)
Bamboo Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa tranquebarorum
(Anthophoridae)
Large Asian Hornet
Vespa ducalis
(Vespidae)
Asian Honeybee
Apis cerana
(Apidae)


Stick Insect is the Insecta which was most adapted for the life on tree. Generally the body is a large-sized insect, although it is thin, and it lives in the Torrid Zone in Southeast Asia. The body and the leg which carried out mimicry to the wooden branch and were extended long and slender are the feature.
A small head eats a leaf by front mouth style by which the mouth was ahead suitable. Although there are many kinds without a wing, also by the species of an owner wing, a front wing is very smaller than a back wing, and wing venation has also degenerated remarkably. Fan-like parts of thin membrane material occupies most and a back wing is thinly folded on the body in the shape of a fan.

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