Chapter 48 "Hong Kong Butterfly" Atlas

"Hong Kong Butterfly" Atlas Hong Kong's butterflies are very famous.Not only are there many types, but there are also many large phoenix butterflies, which are very beautiful Korea.According to the latest recorded figures, there are nearly 200 species, while the number of butterflies produced in Britain is less than 200. Seventy species, this little colony outnumbered her "ancestral home" by nearly three times, which is evident in natural history. How wonderful. The most authoritative and complete reference book for the study of Hong Kong butterflies used to be Kou Sha's Fragrance

Butterflies of Hong Kong and Southeast China (JC Kershaw: Butterflies of Hong Kong and South east China"), published in Hong Kong in 1905, describes a list of butterflies discovered at that time More than one hundred and forty kinds, with color illustrations finely printed in three-color plates.It's a pity that the print run is not many, and the price is also very expensive. Therefore, this book published half a century ago has been out of print for a long time, and now it is hard to find a lot of money. Nature lovers from Hong Kong or from outside want to collect butterfly specimens in Hong Kong.

Have a proper reference book.Because Kosha's masterpieces are only famous, few people have the opportunity to see them. This shortcoming has not been filled until recent years. This is Ma Shu's "Hong Kong Butterfly" Atlas (Major Marsh: "Hong Kong Butterfies"). Marsh's "Hong Kong Butterfly", published in 1960.published half a century ago in his Compared with the book "Butterflies in Hong Kong and Southeast China" written by the predecessor Kou Sha, it can be said that he came from behind. First of all, the number of butterfly species recorded has increased.Kosha recorded one hundred and forty-two species, and in the hands of Ma Shu,

The number of specimens that can be relied on has increased to one hundred and eighty-four.Second, great progress has been made.so fragrant Among the 184 species of butterflies recorded in Hong Kong, there are 20 species without suitable specimens for engraving In addition, the other 164 species have accurate colors in Marsh's "Hong Kong Butterfly", and the printing is extremely accurate. It is available for reference as a beautiful plate. The publisher of Marsh's "Hong Kong Butterfly" is not an ordinary bookstore, but Shell (Asia) The Hong Kong company of the Kerosene Company.This large corporate institution has about a fund for cultural studies,

supported this publication project.Therefore, this "Hong Kong Butterfly" by Marsh is not only beautifully printed, but also And the price is very cheap, only HK$20 per copy.If it is published by ordinary bookstores in Britain and the United States, the price will be at least To more than double. Originally, before Shell Oil published this "Hong Kong Butterfly", in the past few years, they had published The annual calendar is printed as a gift to customers, and the pictures on each page have been printed with Hong Kong butterfly specimens.later will These plates were printed in separate pages, illustrated by Bukhario, and sold in a thin booklet.horse

Some of the illustrations in the special "Hong Kong Butterfly" were reprinted using these ready-made plates.