ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຮູ້ວ່າສິ່ງທີ່ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າຫວັງວ່າສໍາລັບຈາກ Santa ໃນປີນີ້!
ດີ, ບໍ່. ໃນຈິງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ໄດ້ເກັບກໍາ butterflies, ແລະໂດຍສະເພາະແມ່ນບໍ່ birdwings ຍັກໃຫຍ່ເຫຼົ່ານີ້. ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າແມ່ນສັດ stunning, ແຕ່ຫລີກໄປທາງຫນຶ່ງຈາກການເປັນ huge, ພວກເຂົາເຈົ້າຍັງມີລາຄາແພງ (ຕົວຢ່າງທີ່ສະເລ່ຍໄປສໍາລັບການກ່ຽວກັບການເປັນຮ້ອຍ bucks). The newsworthy part of this story is how much it went for at auction. Before I tell you the price… this is a rare aberration of a rare butterfly (the forewing is almost a solid green blush, which is freakish). ແຕ່…it’s still just a butterfly.
Drumroll please…
At auction in France, this butterfly just fetched a whopping 17,000 €! After taxes and fees, this specimen probably cost someone around $25,000 dollars. And the crazy thing is that this isn’t even the most that’s ever been paid for a butterfly. I can’t find records of any proof, but I wouldn’t be shocked if I heard of a specimen fetching more than $100,000. Good grief… time to start my Ornithoptera breeding program!
