Rare butterfly species named after Indonesian first lady

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JAKARTA (AFP) — Indonesia's First Lady Kristiani Herawati received a rare honour Tuesday when she was presented with a specimen of a rare Papuan butterfly species named after her.

The mainly brown and black butterfly was just one of a number of new species discovered in a virtual "lost world" in one of of Asia's most isolated jungles, located on the Indonesian part of New Guinea island.

Environmental group Conservation International (CI) found the astonishing array -- including frogs, butterflies and the first bird found on the island in more than 60 years -- during a trip to the Foja Mountains in December 2005.

Herawati was given a "Delias Kristianidae" during a ceremony at a safari garden. She plans to donate it to a museum.

"The name was first...