香港斑蝶研究 | Danaid Butterfly Research Hong Kong

We are researchers from the Global Change and Tropical Conservation Lab at the University of Hong Kong. We are studying the migration of danaid butterflies in Asia using a tagging programme in Hong Kong.

If you find one of our tagged butterflies,

Danaid butterflies

What are danaid butterflies?

Why do they migrate?

Are there wintering danaids in Hong Kong?

We aim learn about the migration of danaid butterflies by tagging them with customized stickers.

We can only gain insight into the migration route if observers report sightings of tagged butterflies!

Wintertime butterfly clusters are marvelous but sensitive. To protect them, we have to be careful when observing them.