Admiral Butterfly May Soon Flutter Its Way To Status As Quebec’s Official Insect
“Quebec might soon have a butterfly added to
its list of official symbols.
The Parti Quebecois…is expected to table a
motion…calling for the white admiral butterfly to be designated the province’s
official insect.
The move coincides with the theme for this
year’s edition of the Fete Nationale ‘Quebec, emblem de notre fierte’ (Quebec,
symbol of pride).
And anyone who has been to Montreal’s
Botanical Gardens during its annual butterflies exhibition knows, Montrealers
love their butterflies.
There is already legislation- the Flag &
Emblems of Quebec Act- that strictly catalogues the province’s official
symbols, including the official tree (the yellow birch), the official flower
(the blue flag iris), & official bird (snowy owl).
However, there are between 25,000 &
30,000 species of insect in Quebec & more than 2,500 varieties of
butterfly.
The PQ motion focuses on the admiral
butterfly, which had already been unofficially designated Quebec’s insect by a
popular vote held in 1998…”
Postmedia
News
in The
Gazette, Montreal
June
16/2017
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