Narathura bazalus

Japanese name: ムラサキツバメ

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: Narathura bazalus
Japanese name: ムラサキツバメ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Lycaenidae (シジミチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 4
Adult season: 5月下旬

Summary

Narathura bazalus 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月下旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Lithocarpus edulis
Japanese name: マテバシイ
Lithocarpus glaber
Japanese name: シリブカガシ
Quercus phillyraeoides
Japanese name: ウバメガシ
Quercus glauca var. amamiana
Japanese name: アマミアラカシ

Original source note

5月下旬