At this time of the year, the nymph or rice paper butterflies are all over Toucheng Farm. You can see them dancing, flying or just sipping nectar. Its caterpillar and golden pupa are just as numerous. It's just wonderful watching them as they follow you around as you walk on the path of this vast (more than 110 hectares) of land.
This is one of the large-size butterfly species in Taiwan.It flies low and slow due to its size and is thereby dubbed "dumb butterfly" in Chinese language. It could pretend "dead" in your hands when caught. Its larvae or caterpillar feeds on the dog bane family tree (parsonsia laevigata) and has a shiny golden colored pupa or chrysalis.
After a few weeks you will see more butterflies of this species and many other kinds of butterflies flying around Toucheng farm.
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