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President:
Yoshinobu Uémura
(Toyosato Museum of Entomology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
The Butterfly Society of Japan (Teinopalpus)
Postal Address:
c/o Insect Division, The Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology
2-4-28, Kamiyouga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-0098 JAPAN
TEL: ++81-80-3534-9528
E-mail: welcome_scripts@yahoo.co.jp
Annual membership fee:
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2011 Annual meeting
The Butterfly Society of Japan (Teinopalpus)
[DATE] December 10, 2011 / 10:00-18:10
[PLACE] The University of Tokyo
[Program] Click here! |
For Immediate Release
Ludlowfs Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi) has been observed after 80-year absence!
Ludlow's Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi) was first discovered by famous English plant hunter Mr. Frank Ludlow and Mr. George Sheriff in far-eastern Bhutan in 1933-1934. It was described as a new species in 1942 by Gabriel. After the discovery, no additional record had been obtained. Many researchers and collectors have attempted to unveil the life of this swallowtail with no significant success. It is one of the most mysterious butterflies in the world.
Our society made a joint research with the Bhutanese government to search
the country for this butterfly in August 2011, and we succeeded in observing
this species in a deep valley located in far-eastern Bhutan, exactly at
the same locality as the type specimen had been collected.
Before our success, one Bhutanese forest officer had obtained two specimens of this species in August 2009. However the record has not been published yet. Our fortune was the first confirmed record of rediscovery of Ludlow's Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi).
Our society invites a Bhutanese researcher to the annual meeting held in
Tokyo this December. And the details of the findings will be presented
there. (see Program)
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(above) Male of Ludlowfs Bhutan Glory (Bhutanitis ludlowi) visiting a flower
Trashiyangtse valley, E. BHUTAN Photo by WATANABE, Yasuyuki (trustee of our society)
*Copyright of this photo is strictly protected. Any use of it without the
permission is prohibited.
Contact; YAGO, Masaya, Dr.
(The chairman of academic committee, The University Museum of the University of Tokyo)
Tel. ++81-3-5841-2481 / E-mail; myago{um.u-tokyo.ac.jp (change + into @) |
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Society's name: The Butterfly Society of Japan (Teinopalpus)
Journal's name: Butterflies (Teinopalpus)
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