▁le pid opter ist ▁Julian ▁Navar ro ▁J um al on ▁( Oct ober ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 9 0 9 ▁- ▁June ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ). ▁ ▁Prof . ▁J um al on ▁am ass ed ▁a ▁vast ▁collection ▁of ▁but ter f lies ▁through ▁his ▁travel s ▁world wide ▁and ▁by ▁trad ing ▁local ▁Philipp ine ▁species ▁with ▁foreign ▁ones . ▁His ▁fasc ination ▁with ▁Le pid opter ans ▁did ▁not ▁just ▁end ▁in ▁having ▁them ▁preserved ▁and ▁fr amed . ▁He ▁wanted ▁the ▁but ter f lies ▁close ▁by , ▁especially ▁the ▁rare ▁ones . ▁To ▁inv ite ▁these ▁insect s , ▁he ▁plant ed ▁his ▁residence ▁with ▁but ter fly ▁food ▁plants . ▁He ▁also ▁caught ▁live ▁spec im ens ▁and ▁released ▁them ▁in ▁his ▁garden . ▁His ▁but ter fly ▁collection ▁is ▁the ▁oldest ▁and ▁perhaps ▁the ▁biggest ▁in ▁the ▁Philippines . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁death , ▁a ▁foundation ▁( Jul ian ▁N . ▁J um al on ▁Foundation , ▁Inc .) ▁was ▁created ▁by ▁his ▁children ▁and ▁grand ▁children ▁to ▁fost er ▁to ▁his ▁collection ▁and ▁the ▁comp ound ▁which , ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁founder ' s ▁death , ▁became ▁a ▁tour ist ▁att raction . ▁ ▁Att ra ctions ▁ ▁Inside ▁the ▁comp ound ▁are ▁a ▁sal on ▁and ▁garden . ▁The ▁garden ▁is ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁a ▁hundred ▁but ter fly ▁food ▁plant ▁species . ▁Among ▁these ▁plants ▁are ▁ 5 0 ▁local ▁and ▁foreign ▁species ▁of