Photo shows butterflies dancing around a woman during a spectacular “butterfly explosion” in May 2021, at the Butterfly Valley in Jinping county, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Photo/Gao Fei) With its dense rainforests and well-preserved vegetation, the Butterfly Valley in Jinping county, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in southwest China’s Yunnan Province provides a good environment for butterflies to thrive, being home to over 400 butterfly species.
A woman poses for a photo at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in southwest China’s Yunnan Province. (Photo courtesy of the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the CAS) Recently, king lotus (Victoria amazonica) leaves have entered their best viewing season at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, attracting flocks of tourists to the park for an amazing experience on top the floating lotus leaves.
Photo shows Bhutan pine trees in the Beibeng township of Motuo county, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. (Photo/Courtesy of Shan Shui Conservation Center) A 76.
(Photo/People's Daily APP) Photographs of a glossy ibis, a rare bird once thought extinct in China, were captured by a bird watcher on May 8 at a wetland located in the southern section of the Dianchi Lake in Jinning district, Kunming city, southwest China’s Yunnan Province. When it was sighted, the bird was seen foraging and resting at the wetland, together with other birds.
