<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div> The attached photos are from Yunnan and were taken a couple of days ago by my colleague Dr. Ren Zong-Xin. Some of you may be interested in how the Chinese grow kudzu as a root crop. However, a shrubby Vernonia species was blooming along the roadside and here's Apis cerana taking nectar and pollen. The butterfly looks like a close relative of our own monarch or am I menacing too much out of the black and white body spots? Can anyone give me the genus?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Peter</div><br><br></div><br></div>