Coenonympha oedippus Fabricius, 1787

Japanese name: ヒメヒカゲ

English common names are not assigned automatically on this site. Scientific names are used as the primary identifier when available, and Japanese names are shown only as local reference names.

Overview

Scientific name: Coenonympha oedippus Fabricius, 1787
Japanese name: ヒメヒカゲ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 5
Adult season: 6月中下旬、6月下旬～7月

Summary

Coenonympha oedippus Fabricius, 1787 is documented here as a butterfly associated with plants recorded in Japan.

The scientific name is used as the primary identifier because a stable English common name is not always available for Japanese taxa.

Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 6月中下旬、6月下旬～7月.

Recorded larval host plants

Carex lanceolata
Japanese name: ヒカゲスゲ
Carex thunbergii
Japanese name: アゼスゲ
Carex dispalata
Japanese name: カサスゲ
Carex satsumensis
Japanese name: アブラシバ
Carex nervata
Japanese name: シバスゲ

Original source note

6月中下旬、6月下旬～7月