Zizina otis Fabricius, 1787

Japanese name: シルビアシジミ

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: Zizina otis Fabricius, 1787
Japanese name: シルビアシジミ
Group: Butterfly
Family: Lycaenidae (シジミチョウ科)
Recorded larval host plants: 13
Adult season: 4月、6月、11月、3月

Summary

Zizina otis Fabricius, 1787 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: 4月、6月、11月、3月.

Recorded larval host plants

Lotus corniculatus subsp. japonicus
Japanese name: ミヤコグサ
Trifolium repens
Japanese name: シロツメクサ
Medicago polymorpha
Japanese name: ウマゴヤシ
Alysicarpus vaginalis
Japanese name: ササハギ
Indigofera pseudotinctoria
Japanese name: コマツナギ
Kummerowia striata
Japanese name: ヤハズソウ
Medicago lupulina
Japanese name: コメツブウマゴヤシ
Medicago minima
Japanese name: コウマゴヤシ
Melilotus officinalis subsp. suaveolens
Japanese name: シナガワハギ
Lespedeza cuneata var. cuneata
Japanese name: メドハギ
Vigna marina
Japanese name: ハマアズキ
Grona triflora
Japanese name: ハイマキエハギ
Desmodium incanum
Japanese name: タチシバハギ

Original source note

4月、6月、11月、3月