Eurema hecabe Linnaeus, 1758

Japanese name: キチョウ

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: Eurema hecabe Linnaeus, 1758
Japanese name: キチョウ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Pieridae (シロチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 12
Adult season: 7～8月

Summary

Eurema hecabe Linnaeus, 1758 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: Pieridae (シロチョウ科).

Adult season in the source dataset: 7～8月.

Recorded larval host plants

Senna pendula
Japanese name: コバノセンナ
Ormocarpum cochinchinense
Japanese name: ハマセンナ
Senna surattensis
Japanese name: モクセンナ
Sesbania exaltata
Japanese name: アメリカツノクサネム
Guilandina crista
Japanese name: ナンテンカズラ
Albizia julibrissin
Japanese name: ネムノキ
Lespedeza cuneata var. cuneata
Japanese name: メドハギ
Chamaecrista nomame
Japanese name: カワラケツメイ
Leucaena leucocephala
Japanese name: ギンゴウカン
Senna siamea
Japanese name: タガヤサン
Cassia fistula
Japanese name: ナンバンサイカチ
Albizia lebbeck
Japanese name: ビルマネム

Original source note

7～8月