Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878

Japanese name: ヒョウモンモドキ

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: Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878
Japanese name: ヒョウモンモドキ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 6
Adult season: 6月上旬、6月中旬～7月上旬

Summary

Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878 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: 6月上旬、6月中旬～7月上旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Cirsium sieboldii
Japanese name: キセルアザミ
Cirsium japonicum
Japanese name: ノアザミ
Serratula insularis
Japanese name: タムラソウ
Saussurea pulchella
Japanese name: ヒメヒゴタイ
Synurus excelsus
Japanese name: ハバヤマボクチ
Arctium lappa
Japanese name: ゴボウ

Original source note

6月上旬、6月中旬～7月上旬