Curetis acuta Moore, 1877

Japanese name: ウラギンシジミ

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: Curetis acuta Moore, 1877
Japanese name: ウラギンシジミ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Lycaenidae (シジミチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 14
Adult season: 6～9月

Summary

Curetis acuta Moore, 1877 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: Lycaenidae (シジミチョウ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 6～9月.

Recorded larval host plants

Wisteria floribunda
Japanese name: フジ
Wisteriopsis japonica
Japanese name: ナツフジ
Wisteria brachybotrys
Japanese name: ヤマフジ
Pueraria lobata subsp. lobata
Japanese name: クズ
Wisteriopsis reticulata
Japanese name: ムラサキナツフジ
Sophora flavescens
Japanese name: クララ
Biancaea decapetala
Japanese name: ジャケツイバラ
Ormocarpum cochinchinense
Japanese name: ハマセンナ
Lespedeza homoloba
Japanese name: ツクシハギ
Lespedeza thunbergii subsp. thunbergii f. thunbergii
Japanese name: ミヤギノハギ
Lespedeza bicolor
Japanese name: ヤマハギ
Pueraria montana
Japanese name: タイワンクズ
Pongamia pinnata
Japanese name: クロヨナ
Canavalia cathartica
Japanese name: タカナタマメ

Original source note

6～9月