Red Spotted Butterfly - Red Spotted Butterfly

Japanese: アカマダラ - あかまだら

...Females lay eggs in columns on the undersides of the leaves of semi-shade plants of the Urticaceae family, such as the Urticaceae, and the larvae also live in colonies. A species very close to this species, the red spotted ...

From 【Ikaruga】

...The total length is 0.3 to 1.5 meters, but most are around 1 meter. In Japan, the endemic white spotted D. orientalis is found in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, the red spotted D. semicarinatus (illustration) in the Amami and Okinawa Islands, and the Senkaku kumadara D. nigrofasciatus in the Senkaku Islands. In addition, the red spotted D. rufozonatus , which is widely distributed in China, the Korean Peninsula, and Taiwan, is found in Tsushima and the Senkaku Islands. The red spotted D. r . wall , a subspecies of the red spotted D., is found in the Yaeyama Islands, and the Sakishima baikada D. s . multifasciatus , a subspecies of the baikada D. septentrionalis found in the eastern Himalayas, is found in the Yaeyama Islands. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akamadara" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…雌はコアカソなど，イラクサ科の半陰地性植物の葉裏に卵を柱状に重ねて産み，幼虫も群生する。本種にきわめて近い種のアカマダラA.levanaは北海道にふつう。色彩，斑紋は同様であるが開張は3～4cmで，ひと回り小型である。…

【マダラヘビ(斑蛇)】より

…全長0.3～1.5mであるが，ほとんどが全長1m前後。日本には固有種のシロマダラD.orientalisが本州，四国，九州に，アカマタD.semicarinatus（イラスト）が奄美･沖縄諸島に，センカクマダラD.nigrofasciatusが尖閣諸島に分布するほか，中国，朝鮮半島，台湾に広く分布するアカマダラD.rufozonatusが対馬，尖閣諸島に産する。アカマダラの亜種のサキシママダラD.r.wallが八重山列島に，ヒマラヤ東部に分布するバイカダD.septentrionalisの1亜種であるサキシマバイカダD.s.multifasciatusが八重山列島に産する。…