Monthly meeting of our Association was
held on 14th February 2016 at Head Post Office, Mangalore. About 30
members were present. One frame exhibit "Winged Beauty" of Master
S.Abishek was exhibited at the venue. This exhibition has won Silver bronze in Karnapex-2015 and Bronze medal at
International Stamp Exhibition held at Hong Kong.
This is what Abishek Had to say about hishobby and the exhibit:
I'm Abishek
studying in 7th standard in DPS School, MRPL, Mangalore.
My father's hobby
on philately interested me to collect stamps.
He told me to select a theme for my Stamp collection. And, to this, I
preferred "BUTTERFLIES", the WINGED BEAUTIES.
My exhibit had won
SILVER BRONZE in the State Level Philatelic Exhibition KARNAPEX-2015 held in
Bangalore last year. Later on, I participated in the 31st Asian International
Stamp Exhibition held in Hong Kong from 20th November 2015 to 23rd November
2015 under Youth category. This is my first participation in an International
Stamp Exhibition and I was awarded BRONZE medal for my one-frame exhibit.
The academic
education, taught me only about the life-cycle of butterflies or the butterflies
in a food-chain. But, when I started
collecting stamps on butterflies, I came across,
1) various butterfly
and moth families
2) entomology,
the study of insects
3) importance
of butterflies
4) factors
affecting the butterflies in our ecosystem
· Butterflies
play a number of roles in the ecosystem.
·
They
act as a pollinator and as a food source for other species.
·
They
act as an important connector in an ecosystem.
·
Butterflies
act as a lower member of the food chain.
· As
populations of butterfly diminish, so will populations of birds and other
animals that rely on them as a food source.
· These
delicate insects are incredibly sensitive to climate change and habitat loss
and require ideal conditions for their eggs to mature.
· These
insects need our help and we need their invaluable contributions to save entire
ecosystems!
Philately really
helped me in gaining knowledge on the theme of my collection.
