Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758

Japanese name: ヒメアカタテハ

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: Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758
Japanese name: ヒメアカタテハ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Nymphalidae (タテハチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 16
Adult season: 5月中旬～6月上旬

Summary

Vanessa cardui Linnaeus, 1758 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月中旬～6月上旬.

Recorded larval host plants

Arctium lappa
Japanese name: ゴボウ
Boehmeria nivea var. concolor f. nipononivea
Japanese name: カラムシ
Malva mauritiana
Japanese name: ゼニアオイ
Plantago asiatica
Japanese name: オオバコ
Symphytum officinale
Japanese name: ヒレハリソウ
Glycine max subsp. max
Japanese name: ダイズ
Cirsium sieboldii
Japanese name: キセルアザミ
Pseudognaphalium affine
Japanese name: ハハコグサ
Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii
Japanese name: ヨモギ
Artemisia capillaris
Japanese name: カワラヨモギ
Artemisia montana
Japanese name: オオヨモギ
Artemisia fukudo
Japanese name: フクド
Glebionis coronaria
Japanese name: シュンギク
Cyanus segetum
Japanese name: ヤグルマギク
Gamochaeta pensylvanica
Japanese name: チチコグサモドキ
Urtica platyphylla
Japanese name: エゾイラクサ

Original source note

5月中旬～6月上旬