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2005, April 12.  Philippine Butterflies

Litho Offset.  APO Production Unit, Inc.,  Perf. 14 1/4

Singles, Sheets of 100 (10 x 10)

 

   

    1p   Arisbe decolor stratos  - Singles  (2,700,000)*

* Original quantity: 2,500,000 plus additional renegotiated quantity of 200,000, total of 2,700,000.

Note:  Design shows a butterfly with a single antenna; also, yellow line above “Pilipinas”.

Photographer:  Catherine Grace Tan

Graphic Artist:  Hans Lerwyn Villarica

Design Coordinator:  Dr. Ngo Tiong Tak

Designs:  From the collection of Justin "Tiny" Nuyda

 

First Day Covers:  Manila

 

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PHILIPPINE BUTTERFLIES

Butterflies are not only an important order of insects confronting nature lovers, collectors and scientists with innumerable unsolved problems, neither are they dangerous pests threatening man's economy with great financial losses. Butterflies are frequently his friends in the struggle to achieve harvest and, if he takes the trouble to look closely, are often creatures of unexpected beauty; the colors and forms of these living jewels are magnificent. It will require more that ordinary skill for an artist to reproduce the metallic shimmer of gloss sheen seen in some of the tropical winged jewels. The satisfaction, excitement and delight of the nature lover or the collector who discovers the rare species which has eluded him, is beyond description. 

The conservation of our wildlife and our butterflies in particular, some of which are on the verge of extinction, is very important and some thought should be given for its conservation. Let us protect our forests. 

Arisbe decolor stratos (Rothschild, 1895).  This remarkable fast flying black and white Papilio swallowtail belongs to the antiphates group.  The species can be found in the island of Mindoro.

 

TOPICAL CATEGORIES

• Butterflies

• Insects

Articles by Dr. Ngo TiongTak