Damora sagana Doubleday, 1847

Japanese name: メスグロヒョウモン

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: Damora sagana Doubleday, 1847
Japanese name: メスグロヒョウモン
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 6
Adult season: 5月、6月上旬

Summary

Damora sagana Doubleday, 1847 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: 5月、6月上旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Viola grypoceras var. grypoceras
Japanese name: タチツボスミレ
Viola kusanoana
Japanese name: オオタチツボスミレ
Viola ovato-oblonga
Japanese name: ナガバタチツボスミレ
Viola obtusa
Japanese name: ニオイタチツボスミレ
Viola rossii
Japanese name: アケボノスミレ
Viola inconspicua subsp. nagasakiensis
Japanese name: ヒメスミレ

Original source note

5月、6月上旬