Butterflies of Hongkong

$1,40 : Large Faun (串珠環蝶) ; $1,80 : Red-spot Sawtooth (紅肩鋸粉蝶)
$2,40 : Shan Nawa (忘憂尾蛺蝶) ; $3,00 : Spotted Royal (豹斑雙尾灰蝶)
$5,00 : Yellow Coster (苧麻珍蝶)
Hongkong (2007)
14th June, 2007. Cheungshawan

Yesterday shown two butterfly stamps issued by Hongkong, they come from the second series of Hongkong Butterflies, the first one features with three stamps issued on 1979. Here is the first day cover of the second series of Hongkong Butterflies. In Hongkong, only three places are paradises of butterflies, they are Taipo Au, Fung Yuen of Taipo and Siu Lang Shui of Tuenmun. There are more than 200 species butterfly can be found in Hongkong, some of them are endemic to its place.

However, as the slacked protection policy held by the government, the places around Fung Yuen and Siu Lang Shui are facing development procedure for resident area and the paradises to be endangered.