Japonica lutea Hewitson, 1865

Japanese name: アカシジミ

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: Japonica lutea Hewitson, 1865
Japanese name: アカシジミ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Lycaenidae (シジミチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 8
Adult season: 5月中旬、7月

Summary

Japonica lutea Hewitson, 1865 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: 5月中旬、7月.

Recorded larval host plants

Quercus acutissima
Japanese name: クヌギ
Quercus serrata
Japanese name: コナラ
Quercus crispula var. crispula
Japanese name: ミズナラ
Quercus aliena
Japanese name: ナラガシワ
Quercus dentata
Japanese name: カシワ
Quercus variabilis
Japanese name: アベマキ
Quercus glauca
Japanese name: アラカシ
Quercus salicina
Japanese name: ウラジロガシ

Original source note

5月中旬、7月