Ogasawara Skipper - Ogasawara Skipper

...The original habitat of this butterfly is presumed to be the wetlands of the tropics, but the expansion of rice-growing areas may have caused this species' habitat to move northward. Of its closely-related species, the Parnara naso Skipper is slightly smaller and found south of the Ryukyu Islands, while the Parnara ogasawarensis Skipper is endemic to the Ogasawara Islands. In the genus Pelopidas, the German Skipper Pelopidas mathias occurs in rice paddies, but lacks the white spots on the surface of its hind wings. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to the Ogasawara Skipper is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…このチョウの本来の生息地は熱帯地方の湿地帯と推定されるが，稲作地帯の拡大が本種の生活圏を北上させたとみることもできる。　近縁種では，ヒメイチモンジセセリParnara nasoはやや小型で南西諸島以南に分布し，オガサワラセセリParnara ogasawarensisは小笠原諸島の特産種である。チャバネセセリ属では，チャバネセセリPelopidas mathiasが水田にも発生するが，後翅表面の白色斑を欠く。…

※「オガサワラセセリ」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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