The Shanghai Insect Museum is affiliated with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its predecessor was the insect department of the Musee Heude in Shanghai, which was established in 1868 by Father P. Heude, a French priest. It was completed in Xujiahui in 1883. Later, due to the large number of specimens and inability to store them, a new Musee Heude was built on Rue Dubail (now Chongqing South Road) in 1930.
At that time, the collection of animal and plant specimens produced in China was praised as the ‘British Museum of Asia’. The Shanghai Insect Museum has successively presided over dozens of projects such as the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has conducted systematic taxonomic research on five major categories of insects including proturans, locusts, termites, scale insects, horseflies, and flies. It has put forward many unique insights into the insect classification system. It has participated in various scientific expeditions across the country and won awards. There is the Morpho helena butterfly in the museum, known as a very beautiful butterfly in the world. This butterfly is produced in countries such as Brazil and Peru. It is rare and very precious. Not only is it graceful in posture and spreads its wings like a peacock spreading its tail feathers, but the butterfly wings can also glow and change colors, sometimes dark blue, sometimes deep blue, sometimes light blue. The white veins on the double wings are like inlaid jewels, shining brightly and very charming. Each specimen is worth 360,000 yuan. There are only three in China. Opening hours: Open from 09:00 to 16:30 all year round.Shanghai Insect Museum
The Shanghai Insect Museum is affiliated with the Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences. Its predecessor was […]
