White-grey butterflies have been found for the first time in Tibet

Xinhua News Agency, Lhasa, September 19 (Reporter PuBuzasi) Recently, "the second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau scientific expedition to study the sub-topic of other major pollinator insects scientific research team" in Tsavalong Township, Tibet, captured a kind of Tibetan recorded butterfly, after the well-known butterfly expert Jia Fenghai identified as a butterfly of the gray butterfly family, before that, Tibet did not have the butterfly distribution record.
main members of the "Second Qinghai-Tibet Plateau Scientific Expedition Research Sub-Research Sub-team" are composed of the Tibet Plateau Biological Research Institute. Dava, an associate researcher in charge of the science and technology team, said the new discovery has increased the geographical distribution of butterflies in China.
according to the research literature, the butterfly species of white gray butterfly is scattered in tropical and subtropical regions, the distribution status is not continuous, and appear fragmented. Its biological characteristics are one of the most unique species of butterflies.
new findings provide important materials for studying the relationship between butterflies and other insects in Tibet, between butterflies and plants, and between butterflies and ecosystems. The 1 to 2-year-old larvae of the termite butterfly will take the lip-shaped flower plants, 3 years old will fall to the ground, emitting the hormonal smell of black ant larvae, attracting certain types of black ants, when passing black ants mistakenly take the larvae as separated ant larvae back to the nest, the termite larvae in the ant nest with black ant larvae for food, and in the ant nest. The unique and demanding biological characteristics of white-grey butterflies require that they be distributed in places that have both specific plants and specific species of ants, as well as a good ecological environment.
it is understood that it is of great significance to study the causes and conditions of the biological characteristics of white-grey butterfly to further explore the interdependence of biodiversity in ecosystems.