Overview
- Scientific name
- Rapala arata Bremer, 1861
- Japanese name
- トラフシジミ
- Group
- Butterfly
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Recorded larval host plants
- 27
- Adult season
- 5月中旬~6月、7月
Summary
Rapala arata Bremer, 1861 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~6月、7月.
Recorded larval host plants
- Wisteria floribunda
- Deutzia crenata
- Rosa multiflora
- Vaccinium oldhamii
- Symplocos sawafutagi
- Rhamnus yoshinoi
- Castanea crenata
- Aesculus turbinata
- Cornus controversa var. controversa
- Staphylea bumalda
- Phellodendron amurense var. amurense
- Sapindus mukorossi
- Toxicodendron trichocarpum
- Clethra barbinervis
- Viburnum plicatum var. tomentosum
- Meliosma myriantha
- Pueraria lobata subsp. lobata
- Vicia cracca
- Lespedeza thunbergii subsp. thunbergii f. thunbergii
- Robinia pseudoacacia
- Sophora flavescens
- Maackia amurensis
- Trifolium repens
- Deutzia scabra var. scabra
- Deutzia gracilis
- Malus pumila var. domestica
- Rhamnus japonica var. decipiens
Host plant search guides
Use these guide pages to find other Japanese insect records that use the same host plants.
- Wisteria host plant insects
- Deutzia crenata host plant insects
- Roses (Rosa) host plant insects
- Japanese name: ナツハゼ host plant insects
- Symplocos trees host plant insects
- Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata) host plant insects
- Japanese name: トチノキ host plant insects
- Cornus trees host plant insects
- Japanese name: ミツバウツギ host plant insects
- Citrus trees host plant insects
- Japanese name: ムクロジ host plant insects
- Clethra barbinervis host plant insects
- Japanese name: アワブキ host plant insects
- Kudzu (Pueraria) host plant insects
- Japanese name: ハリエンジュ host plant insects
- Japanese name: イヌエンジュ host plant insects
- Clovers (Trifolium) host plant insects
- Apple trees (Malus) host plant insects
- Euonymus and Celastraceae shrubs host plant insects
Original source note
5月中旬~6月、7月