CHINA-YUNNAN-BUTTERFLY VALLEY-EXPERT (CN)

CHINA-YUNNAN-BUTTERFLY VALLEY-EXPERT (CN)

(230530) -- KUNMING, May 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated file photo shows butterfly expert Yang Zhenwen taking care of butterflies in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Yunnan Province. TO GO WITH "Across China: Helping butterflies spread their wings in China's Yunnan" (Xinhua)

Butterfly boom in China's Yunnan

STORY: Butterfly boom in China's Yunnan DATELINE: May 29, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:48 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of butterflies STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ZHAO ZHIQIN, Xinhua correspondent "Do you know 'butterfly explosion'? Every year in late spring and early summer, tens of millions of butterflies emerge from their chrysalises in the Honghe Butterfly Valley in southwest China's Yunnan Province. Come with me to see the sea of butterflies." Due to warmer temperatures, the "butterfly explosion" this year occurred slightly earlier than usual. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YANG ZHENWEN, Curator of the butterfly valley museum in Jinping Miao, Yao, and Dai Autonomous County "With regard to the 'butterfly explosion' this year, we have obtained very good results from the four observation points. After analyzing the monitoring data of the 23 sampling sites, we've found that the butterflies this year are quite large and very healthy." About 80 million to 100 million butterflies

Sea of butterflies in Yunnan, China

STORY: Sea of butterflies in Yunnan, China DATELINE: June 10, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:34 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (Chinese): CHEN DONGSHU, Xinhua correspondent 2. various of butterfly sceneries STORYLINE: STANDUP (Chinese): CHEN DONGSHU, Xinhua correspondent "Now, I am surrounded by butterflies. In China's Honghe Butterfly Valley, in late spring and early summer every year, hundreds of millions of butterflies come out of cocoons and fly around. Follow me to see the sea of butterflies." It is estimated that the total number of butterflies here this year will reach over 100 million, and most of them are Stichophthalma louisa. China's Honghe Butterfly Valley is located in Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe in southwest China's Yunnan Province. This place preserves a variety of vegetation types such as monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, with warm and humid weather all year round, so it provides a suitable environment for butterflies to live in. Yang Zhenwen, cu