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17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Brocade moth of Huaqing

Colorful butterfly wings are covered with scales of different details, just like dancing people. Each Lepidoptera has different patterns, and each kind of butterfly wings has different structures. It has amazing multi-morphological, multi-scale and multi-dimensional fine classification structure. Natural butterfly wings have delicate ordered structure, safety, non-toxicity, good tissue compatibility and other characteristics.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 03.2019
Date Uploaded: 05.2019
Photo Location: China
Copyright: © ji yuan