Maolin Purple Butterfly Valley Biennial Butterfly Festival

By TravelKing, TravelKing 發佈日期Updated: 2016/6/17
The event has ended this year.
The Biennial Butterfly Festival, from November 2015 to March 2016, is the annual highlight of Maolin National Scenic Area, Kaohsiung. In this period, hundreds of thousands of Taiwan’s Purple Crow Butterflies will migrate from the northern Taiwan to Maolin.
Butterfly Festival photo by TravelKing

Butterfly Festival photo by TravelKing

Maolin National Scenic Area is most proud of having one of the world's two largest winter migrating butterflies species (the Mexican Monarch Butterflies and the Taiwanese Purple Crow Butterflies). Every winter, millions of purple crow butterflies will move to the Dawu Mountain in group, forming a spectacular “Purple Butterfly Valley” ecological phenomenon. Tourists from all over the world had come to Maolin to experience the spectacular scenes, and had made this place a highly recommended attraction.
In Butterfly Valley, visitors might see hundreds of thousands of butterflies: Dwarf Crows, as well as Striped Blue Crows, double-branded Black Crows, Chocolate Tigers and six or more other species. As for the best viewing time of the day, eight-thirty a.m. to eleven a.m. is the best period of time to go butterfly watching. If one is lucky enough, and the time and place are all perfect, great amount of Purple Crow Butterflies can be seen flying in the gorge.
Various activities have also been planned during Maolin Biennial Butterfly Beauty Festival, including Dona Harvest Festival and Maolin Lukai Butterfly Green Market as well as the Purple Butterfly Biking Tour. Come and experience the unique annual Butterfly season, check out the spectacular scenes of the purple crow butterflies surrounding Maolin and all other fascinating activities!

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