Danaid Butterfly Research Hong Kong

02/01/2025

我地有發現!!!
🌰🐅✈️ 3000km🇯🇵➡️ 🇭🇰 🤯🤯🤯
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02/01/2025

WE HAVE NEWS!!!
🌰🐅✈️ 3000km🇯🇵➡️ 🇭🇰 🤯🤯🤯
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26/11/2024

𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰年季度第一筆斑蝶移動紀錄！[𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄👇]

喺越冬斑蝶公眾研討會期間 (10月5日香港大學)，我地標放左 #9270 號雄性藍點紫斑蝶。9日之後，我地竟然喺13.7公里外大欖嘅樹林再次捕捉到呢隻蝴蝶！我地希望黎緊天氣轉涼時，再觀察到更多斑蝶嘅移動🌡️。大家都可以幫手將有標記嘅斑蝶報告去 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗵𝗸.𝗰𝗼𝗺！

此項研究受大嶼山保育基金 資助。紫斑蝶插圖鳴謝 。

𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰!

We tagged male 𝘌𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴 #9270 at our Public Symposium on Wintering Danaid Butterflies at HKU on Oct 5th. Nine days later, we recaptured him in Tai Lam! As the “crow” flies, this butterfly traveled 13.7km to a wooded site in NW Hong Kong.

We are hopeful to observe more movement in the coming weeks as the temperature drops. 🌡️ 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱𝗵𝗸.𝗰𝗼𝗺!

This research is supported by funding from the Lantau Conservation Fund . Butterfly illustration by

20/11/2024

𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗻 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟱𝘁𝗵! ✨ We were so happy to finally meet you and share our project findings. Thanks for your thoughtful questions and feedback. 😍

Our sincere thanks to our fellow danaid specialists 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝘂 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝘂𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 (@𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗴𝘆𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝘆), 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗢 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 (@𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲), 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗩𝗼𝗿 𝗬𝗜𝗨 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗞 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆 for presenting their findings, and to filmmaker 𝗗𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗻𝗴 (@𝗱𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗻𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗽𝗵𝗼𝘁𝗼) for sharing a preview of her short film 𝘋𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘥: 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘶𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘴. Thank you to the 𝗛𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 (@𝗛𝗞𝗯𝗶𝗼𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺) for organizing special tours for early registrants. 🙋‍♀️

During our speaker session break, many of you had your first close encounter with a butterfly at our tagging event! 🦋 Thanks to your gentle assistance, 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟱𝟬 𝗯𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 (𝘌𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴, 𝘌𝘶𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘦, and 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘴). At our kids’ table, young and old participants alike met caterpillars face-to-face. 🐛

This event would not have been possible without financial support from the 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘂 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱 (@𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘂) and permits from 𝗔𝗙𝗖𝗗 (@𝗮𝗳𝗰𝗱𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗵𝗸).

𝗪𝗲 𝗼𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘂𝗺’𝘀 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗲, 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗥𝘂𝗶, 𝗖𝗛, 𝗞𝗶𝘁, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 , 𝗘𝘂𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗬𝗶𝗻𝗴. 😍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

23/09/2024

19/09/2024

SEASON SUMMARY: HONG KONG, PART III

Each year, we visit sites across Hong Kong on a regular rotation to measure changes in the abundance and composition of danaid species over the course of the autumn and winter.

Last year, we tagged the most butterflies at Fan Lau Peninsula and Pui O Beach – both on Lantau Island. While we avoid disclosing the exact location of sensitive winter aggregations, we think it is important to convey the general location and spread of our survey sites. Most sites fall within country parks and special areas, and all sites are surveyed with the permission of AFCD.

𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘄𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆? 𝗟𝗲𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄!

季度報告：香港 第三部分

我地每年秋冬季都會輪流到訪香港各個地方，監察斑蝶嘅物種同數量變化。

我地舊年就喺大嶼山兩個地點──分流半島同貝澳海灘──標放到最多斑蝶。我地有幸得到漁農自然護理署嘅許可，可以到郊野公園同特別地區內好多地點監察同標放斑蝶，我地希望呢個地圖可以顯示斑蝶熱點嘅分布，但有啲斑蝶聚集點比較敏感，我地會避免透露呢啲地點嘅確實位置。

如果你知道其他我地應該到訪嘅斑蝶熱點，歡迎同我地講！

11/09/2024

DANAID : CHASING BUTTERFLIES
A film by Daphne Wong
4K / Cantonese & English
Preview Oct 5 at HKU

Come winter, in Hong Kong’s stream valleys, thousands of danaid butterflies stay motionless on trees to overwinter. Unlike the well-studied monarch migrations in North America, the migration phenomenon of Hong Kong’s danaid butterflies remains a mystery. In this film we learn about the extraordinary lives of danaid butterflies by following butterfly researchers, Emily and Fung, who are tagging thousands of danaid butterflies every year, hoping to unfold these danaids’ secrets - where do they come from and where are they going? In order to track their movements, they rely on the public to report sightings of tagged danaids. But they must act fast, as these wintering sites are quickly disappearing.

北風呼嘯，成千上萬隻斑蝶已經回到香港的溪谷，在樹林裏群聚度冬，一動不動。有別於北美帝王斑蝶，香港斑蝶的遷徙研究匱乏，越冬習性仍然成謎。在這紀錄片中，我們跟隨蝴蝶研究員Emily和Fung的步伐，認識斑蝶的奇妙生態。斑蝶從何而來？又在飛往何處？研究員每年標放上千隻斑蝶，並依靠公眾報告有標記斑蝶的去向，以揭開牠們的遷移奧秘。然而，斑蝶的冬季棲息地正迅速消失，研究員工作都不容怠慢。

03/09/2024

【🦋越冬斑蝶公眾研討會 Public Symposium on Wintering Danaid Butterflies🦋】

立即報名 Register now! 👉 https://www.danaidhk.com/public-symposium 👈

對越冬斑蝶生態或研究有興趣嘅朋友，歡迎報名參加！😁
時間：10月5日(六) 2:00-6:00pm
地點：香港大學
語言：分為中英講座環節
費用：免費

Feel free to register and join us if you're interested in danaid butterflies! 😁
Date & Time: 5 Oct (Sat) 2:00-6:00pm
Venue: The University of Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese & English sessions
Fee: Free of charge

立即報名 Register now! 👉 https://www.danaidhk.com/public-symposium 👈
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