Libythea lepita Moore, 1858

Japanese name: テングチョウ

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: Libythea lepita Moore, 1858
Japanese name: テングチョウ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 3
Adult season: 4月中旬、5月、10月

Libythea lepita Moore, 1858 photograph

Libythea lepita Moore, 1858

Summary

Libythea lepita Moore, 1858 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: 4月中旬、5月、10月.

Recorded larval host plants

Celtis sinensis
Japanese name: エノキ
Celtis jessoensis
Japanese name: エゾエノキ
Celtis boninensis
Japanese name: クワノハエノキ

Original source note

4月中旬、5月、10月