The surrounding people began to praise this legendary butterfly, but some people were not really in a good mood, and they didn’t want to listen to any good thing about Su Jing’s Zoo.
“Tch, it’s not that special.” A fashionable young man wearing earrings couldn’t help but sing a different tune. They were sent here to investigate the situation, as rivals of Su Jing.
Naturally, they didn’t want to see Su Jing succeed. However, the situation was even more exaggerated than they had imagined, putting them in a bad mood because reporting back like this would surely displease their superiors.
“That’s right, it’s just butterflies.”
“Exactly, there are also some insignificant ones inside, like that group of smaller butterflies. They seem to be just ordinary ones.”
The young man, wearing glasses and having a gentle demeanor, felt a bit embarrassed listening to his companions’ discussions. Just the mention of Teinopalpus Aureus (Golden Kaiser-i-Hind) and Kashenov Ghost Beauty Phoenix Swallowtail Butterfly was enough to leave a strong impression.
Even if there were ordinary butterflies, what was the point of singing a different tune? It would only make them the subject of ridicule.
However, several of these people were from Fu Hongxue and Yuan Yining’s group, and they wouldn’t listen to him regardless. He had no control over them.
“Young man, are you sure those are ordinary butterflies?” Xue Zhonghong obviously overheard their conversation and turned to look at them and asked with a smile on his face.
“Isn’t it obvious? This group of butterflies may look pretty, but there’s nothing special about them. You can definitely find them in the wild everywhere,” The young man replied, feeling a bit uneasy under Xue Zhonghong’s gaze.
He wondered if those butterflies were truly not ordinary. However, he naturally refused to back down, thinking that the other party might be just bluffing and that they were nothing more than a group of common butterflies.
The young man, with his glasses and genteel demeanor, narrowed his eyes and carefully observed the group of butterflies. Many others also heard Xue Zhonghong’s words and began to reexamine the butterflies, taking a keen interest.
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The young man had seen the butterfly which looked similar to the ordinary phoenix butterfly among the butterfly species, it had wings that were either pitch black with blue or green patterns, or pale brown with milky white patterns on the lower wings.
They were also very beautiful, but compared to Teinopalpus Aureus (Golden Kaiser-i-Hind) and Kashenov Ghost Beauty Phoenix Swallowtail Butterfly, they were not as outstanding.
“What kind of butterfly is this?”
“I don’t recognize it.”
“I don’t recognize it either.”
“I couldn’t find any information about it on the internet.”
“Since Mr. Xue said so, it means that it’s definitely not an ordinary butterfly. Let’s post it online and ask for help. The more people, the better.”
Among the people present, including Shen Hong and others from the zoo industry, they were considered knowledgeable. However, not one among them could identify what kind of butterfly it was.
It’s not surprising, after all, there are too many butterfly species, and even if you have studied them, it’s impossible to remember them all. After posting the photo online, many netizens joined in, but for the time being, no one recognized it.
In a taxi filled with people, Ye Bo and a young man sat with anxious looks on their faces. The young man was browsing the internet to find out the latest news about Zhongyun Zoo when he suddenly exclaimed, “Something is happening again at Zhongyun Zoo.”
“What’s happening again?” Ye Bo asked.
“Look, Teinopalpus Aureus (Golden Kaiser-i-Hind) and Kashenov Ghost Beauty Phoenix Swallowtail Butterfly,” The young man said.
“Oh my goodness,” Ye Bo gasped when he saw the pictures of the two mentioned butterflies.
“There’s also another butterfly that no one can recognize, not even me. What kind of butterfly is it?” The young man asked.
Ye Bo glanced at it, then paused for a moment, staring at it carefully. The more he looked, the more his eyes sparkled, and he exclaimed, “This is the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra).”
“Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra)?” The young man was stunned because he had never heard of it.
“This is an extremely rare butterfly that used to live in the Seychelles archipelago. When humans arrived on the islands, they cut down the virgin forests and started planting high-value fruit trees on them, harvesting various fruits for export around the world, gradually prospering the economy of the islands. However, the cotton seed bug, which specifically grows on citrus trees, appeared there as well. This pest caused the death of fruit trees, and the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra) lost their food source. Perhaps it was the culprit that led to the extinction of the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra). In 1895, people began researching ways to suppress and exterminate the cotton seed bug, but no one had seen the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra) for five years before that. In 1979, humans started a movement to protect the butterflies, but unfortunately, the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra) did not live long enough to see that day and bid farewell to humanity,” Ye Bo explained with a solemn look on his face.
As an ancient lifeforms expert, he had a far greater understanding of extinct species than the experts in zoos and pet industries, so he immediately recognized this butterfly.
“Oh my god, so this is another extinct species,” The young man’s eyes widened when he heard Ye Bo’s explanation.
“Driver, can you go faster? Think of a solution, like finding an alternative route?” Ye Bo became even more impatient after seeing the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra).
For him, so many extinct species appearing but him not being able to see them immediately was like a pervert hearing about a stunning beauty nearby who wasn’t wearing clothes but he couldn’t go see her. The urgency in his heart was overwhelming.
“The traffic is so congested and there’s really no other way. There’s no other route to take. I’m in a hurry too you know. I won’t make any money if I just stay here,” The driver said with a helpless expression on his face.
Ye Bo really wished he could get off the car and run over to the Zoo, but his rationality stopped him. He was still six or seven kilometers away from the Zoo, and with his old bones, he simply couldn’t run that far.
The young man, on the other hand, swiftly typed and posted the answer online.
“At Zhongyun Zoo, someone saw this answer and after knowing it, they searched for information and quickly found it. Upon comparison, isn’t this butterfly in front of us the Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra)?”
“Seychelles swallowtail/Seychelles crow (Euploea Mitra), is it from the same place as the Seychelles Giant Tortoise?”
“It seems so, and it’s also an extinct species.”
“Oh my god, just a moment ago I thought it was an ordinary butterfly.”
The young man who had previously criticized and belittled this butterfly couldn’t hide his embarrassment and he wished that the ground could open up and swallow him whole.
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