West China Insects Museum
( chinadaily.com.cn )
Updated: 2016-09-07
West China Insects Museum
Location: No 2 Qingchengshan Road in Dujiangyan city
Ticket: free
Housing nearly 400,000 rare and exotic insect samples from 40 countries around the world, the West China Insects Museum has the largest insect collection in Asia.
Many different varieties of butterflies are the highlight of the insect museum. The number of butterflies in its collection is three times of all the butterfly species found in Europe. More than 1,700 species of Chinese butterflies are on display in the museum, which account for 95 percent of all known butterfly species in China.
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The West China Insect Museum. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Rare insects are on display in the museum. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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Nearly 400,000 rare and exotic insect samples are on display in the West China Insect Museum. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Edited by Mevlut Katik
