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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in Southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Butterflies overwintering on subtropical island

Photo taken on Jan. 9, 2023, on Amami-Oshima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, shows Ceylon blue glassy tigers clustered on twigs to make it through the winter. The butterfly is found in southeast Asia, including Taiwan and southwestern islands in Japan, and is known to cluster in groups when the temperature falls below 15 C.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter.

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Hot air balloon festival in Saga, Japan

Hot air balloons reflect on the glassy surface of the Kase River in the southwestern Japan city of Saga, as the Saga International Balloon Fiesta begins on Nov. 2, 2022.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter in groups.

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

Photo taken Dec. 3, 2021, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter in groups.

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(CORRECTED) Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is Ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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(CORRECTED) Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is Ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)

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Ceylon Blue butterflies wintering on Amami-Oshima Island

AMAMI, Japan - This photo taken Dec. 17, 2009, on Amami-Oshima Island off Japan's southwestern main island of Kyushu shows Ceylon Blue Glassy Tiger butterflies, a semitropical species. The butterflies, whose scientific name is ideopsis similis, with distinctive light-blue patterns on their wings, can be seen in wooded areas of the island where they spend the winter. (Kyodo)