歡迎看畫賞蝶

Welcome to the exhibition of butterfly-watching pictures. Let's appreciate the beauty of nature and cherish our planet.

Venue and time

中央研究院生態時代館
展覽時間：2021年10月底(配合院慶活動)至2022年6月
線上展覽
The Life Science Library, Academia Sinica, the most preeminent academic institution of Taiwan, ROC
October, 2021 - June, 2022
Virtual Exhibition

Anita Purves Nature Center,
Crystal Lake Park, Champaign, IL, USA
Displayed in the classroom as a regular exhibit

A total of 16 butterfly pictures.
The names of the pictures

在台灣會過冬的紫斑蝶家族
The purple butterfly family overwintering in Taiwan
(one of the two migratory butterfly specifies worldwide, in addition to monarchs in the American Continent)

閃閃發光的鳳蝶
Sparkling Papilio

翩翩飛舞的斑蝶
Milkweed butterflies flying freely
(including monarchs)

像豹的蝴蝶
Leopard-like butterflies

台灣國蝶：寬尾鳳蝶
National butterfly of Taiwan: Broad-tailed swallowtail

在浪花中熱舞的鳳蝶
Papilio dancing in the ocean waves

台灣最大的蝴蝶：珠光鳳蝶(只產於蘭嶼)
The largest butterfly in Taiwan: Magellan birdwing
(noted as the luminous pearl, the third largest species wordwide)

變化莫測的鳳蝶
Unpredictable Papilio

早春八寶蝴蝶
Eight butterflies only watched in spring

喜歡喝水的蝴蝶
Butterflies that like to drink water

玩躲貓貓的蝴蝶
Butterflies playing peekaboo

不像蝴蝶的弄蝶
Butterflies unlike butterflies

黑紅相間的鳳蝶
Papilio wearing red and black clothes

喜歡腐果更勝花蜜的蛺蝶
Butterflies that prefer rotten fruit to nectar

粉蝶與小灰蝶的共融家園
Garden of Pieridae and
gossamer-winged butterflies coexisting harmoniously

復育黃裳鳳蝶的牛伯伯蝴蝶園
Uncle Niu’s butterfly garden restoring golden birdwings

Exhibited in the venue, Life Science Library, Academia Sinica, are not only the butterfly pictures, but also butterfly eco-cards, specimens, nectar plants, interactive wall, animation videos, and ecological book display.

Academia Sinica is like a botanical garden, where you can enjoy taking a walk and visiting other galleries and the old residence of Dr. Hu Shi, the former Sinica President.

蝴蝶生態圖導覽短片eco-exhibit intro video

有空看畫走走哦！
Enjoy watching and walking around the exhibit venue.

A word from the creator

We are also excited to let you know that we host family workshops on butterfly ecology for curious people beyond 8 years old to learn about the butterfly world and discover how we can regenerate ecosystems together.

We'll host a virtual program on special butterflies in North America in May.

Registration for the program

***Volunteer with us!***

Since 2017, we've used the butterfly pictures to host many butterfly workshops in elementary schools, libraries, and community centers to promote eco-conservation and human-wildlife co-existence.

Join our eco-edutaining workshops on butterfly ecology. We’ll provide new volunteers with individual orientations to interact actively and positively with children as well as adults using our game-driven learning materials.

As a volunteer, you will learn about the butterfly world, eco-friendly gardening, and interpersonal skills, and we appreciate your participation as an invaluable part of
preserving natural and cultural resources for generations to come.

To be a volunteer sharing your passion with others, please send an e-mail to:
purplebutterflyschool@gmail.com

We'd also like to ask you to donate, supporting us to nurture a love of the butterfly world and a reverence for nature, which is the first step to help solve ecological crises we all face.

Your donation will make it possible for our good intention to print the butterfly pictures as educational instruments in our family workshops and as art exhibits in schools and libraries to inspire children as well as adults to understand the ecology of butterflies, which are placed biologically at the bottom of the nature’s food chain in the larval stage, providing food for other creatues like bees, mantis, lizards, and birds, for a bio-diverse eco-system.

Less than 5% of the larvae can grow up to their full life cycles. If they survive after eclosion, butterflies become delightful pollinators in gardens.

Your impact is genuine and visible if you make your gift for children to appreciate the beauty of nature, promote human-wildlife prosperity, and protect our planet.

We appreciate your generosity and cordially invite you to the exhibits of our butterfly pictures at:

Anita Purves Nature Center,
&
International Galleries
Urbana, IL, USA,