More recently, painite specimens have been discovered at a new location in northern Myanmar.
He said the ethnic groups in northern Myanmar who once were the largest poppy producers have instead turned to making chemical compounds.
She was seized in northern Myanmar after a violent clash that the government said left 4 people dead and 50 injured.
It is found in the Kachin region of northern Myanmar.
Her monthlong trip to northern Myanmar was the seventh in a series of visits to supporters around the country since her release.
The highest concentration of species is in northern Myanmar and southern China, where nearly 35 species have been described.
"They are Chinese," said a foreign businessman who frequently visits northern Myanmar.
Vertical shear weakened it to a tropical depression before it hit northern Myanmar on the 4th.
It is also found in south-eastern Tibet and northern Myanmar.
In northern Myanmar, home to the Chin people and their insurgents, the army is seeking to restore its authority.