Amidon Miiro Tateha - Amidon Miiro Tateha

Japanese: アミドンミイロタテハ - あみどんみいろたては
Amidon Miiro Tateha - Amidon Miiro Tateha

...There are less than 10 species, and some scholars only recognize about half that number, but the subspecies are extremely diverse, with as many as 400 named. The coloring of the wing surface, excluding the black-brown parts, of A. amydon (illustration), which is distributed from Mexico to southern Brazil, varies depending on the place of origin, from red and navy blue, navy blue and green, orange and navy blue, and yellow and navy blue, so that they look like separate species. Because the A. amydon is so diverse, beautiful, and difficult to collect, it has been prized by collectors since the last century as one of the gorgeous butterflies of South America, along with the morphos. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Amidon's Miirotateha" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…種類数は10に満たず,学者によってはその半分くらいしか認めないが,亜種がきわめて変化に富み,400も命名されている。メキシコからブラジル南部まで分布するアミドンミイロタテハA.amydon(イラスト)では,黒褐色部を除いた翅表面の彩色が,産地によって紅と紺,紺と緑,橙と紺,黄と紺のように種々の組合せで,互いに別種と見えるほどである。 ミイロタテハはこのように変異に富み,美しく,かつ採集が困難であるため,前世紀以来収集家の間ではモルフォチョウ類とともに南アメリカの華麗チョウとして珍重されている。…

※「アミドンミイロタテハ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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