# Chasing Butterflies: Journeys of Exploration and Research Across Asia
_蝶を追い求めて ―アジアを翔けた探索と研究の旅路―_

- **When:** Sat, Nov 14, 2026 – Sat, Mar 27, 2027 (JST)
- **Where:** Bunkyo Ward Education Center 2F University Collaboration Office, Bunkyo — 4-7-10 Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo
- **Map:** https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=35.709194,139.765289
- **Price:** price on the official site
- **Category:** Art & Exhibitions
- **Official site:** https://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/exhibition/202611cho.html
- **On Tokyo Events:** https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/chasing-butterflies-journeys-of-exploration-and-research-across

![](http://www.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/exhibition/images/top_202611cho.jpg)

Insect specimens are vital scientific materials for understanding species distribution, variation, evolutionary history, and life cycles. This exhibition highlights the research journey of Motohiro Harada, focusing on the specimens he collected and donated, mainly of Asian butterfly larvae. Harada conducted extensive surveys in the Himalayas and Asian tropics, uncovering host plants and observing breeding to clarify the life cycles of many butterflies. His work contributed to classification, morphology, and ecology studies. The exhibition also traces his role in rediscovering the Bhutan glory butterfly and elucidating its larval stages.

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Source: Tokyo Events — https://eventstokyo.com/en/events/chasing-butterflies-journeys-of-exploration-and-research-across