Parantica melaneus

Japanese name: タイワンアサギマダラ

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: Parantica melaneus
Japanese name: タイワンアサギマダラ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 7
Adult season: 5月下旬～6月上旬

Summary

Parantica melaneus 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: 5月下旬～6月上旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Marsdenia tomentosa
Japanese name: キジョラン
フルモウリンカ
Japanese name: フルモウリンカ
Gymnema sylvestre
Japanese name: ホウライアオカズラ
Marsdenia tinctoria
Japanese name: ソメモノカズラ
Marsdenia formosana
Japanese name: タイワンキジョラン
Vincetosicum atratum
Japanese name: フナバラソウ
タイワンシタキソウ
Japanese name: タイワンシタキソウ