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did not just end in having them preserved and framed. He wanted the butterflies close by, especially the rare ones. To invite these insects, he planted his residence with butterfly food plants. He also caught live specimens and released them in his garden. His butterfly collection is the oldest and
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Jumalon's collection of butterflies and other insects, and the histories of butterfly species. The salon houses the paintings and other works of Jumalon, who was also an artist. Most popular among his works are his mosaics made entirely of butterfly wings (lepido mosaic) from
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Inside the compound are a salon and garden. The garden is a collection of a hundred butterfly food plant species. Among these plants are 50 local and foreign species of butterflies. Some rare species are hatched in captivity and later released.
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damaged butterflies taken from his collection and other collections around the world. These mosaics depicts several places around
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