Indian awlking

Japanese: アオバセセリ - あおばせせり(英語表記)Indian awlking
Indian awlking

This butterfly belongs to the order Lepidoptera, family Hesperiidae. It is widely distributed throughout Japan, from Aomori Prefecture to the Yaeyama Islands of Okinawa, but the population is generally small. Outside of Japan, it is distributed in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula, China, Taiwan, Sri Lanka in the west, and Southeast Asia from India to the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. Its wingspan is about 40 to 45 millimeters, making it the largest of the Hesperiidae butterflies found in mainland Japan. Its wings are dark green to dark purple, and it has a beautiful orange spot on the underside of its hindwings, making it a very distinctive species, and there are no similar species in Japan that are easily confused with it. In Japan, there are three species in the same subfamily of the Aoba-seriinae as this species: the Yellow Skipper, the Okinawan Broad Skipper, and the Taiwan Blue Skipper. In mainland Japan, they usually appear twice a year, from May to June and July to August, and sometimes in the fall, a butterfly thought to be in its third generation can be seen. The larvae feed on plants from the family Aquifoliaceae, such as the Japanese elm, Japanese loquat, Japanese hoso, and Sakunoki.

[Takashi Shiramizu]

[Reference] | Skipper
Blue Skipper
This is the largest of the Hesperiidae butterflies found in mainland Japan. It is characterized by a beautiful orange spot on the underside of the hindwing. Wing span is 40-45mm. Hesperiidae ©Shogakukan Photo by Okuyama Hisashi ">

Blue Skipper

The larvae of the blue skipper butterfly
Full-stage larvae. Food plants include awabuki, yamabiwa, miyamahoso, and sakunoki. ©Shogakukan ">

The larvae of the blue skipper butterfly

Major species of Hesperiidae (1) [Specimen photographs]
©Shogakukan ">

Major species of Hesperiidae (1) [Specimens...


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

昆虫綱鱗翅(りんし)目セセリチョウ科に属するチョウ。青森県から沖縄の八重山(やえやま)列島にわたり日本全土に広く分布するが、一般に個体数は少ない。日本以外では朝鮮半島南部、中国、台湾のほか、西はスリランカ、インドからマレー半島、スマトラ島にわたる東南アジアに分布する。はねの開張は40~45ミリメートル程度、日本本土産のセセリチョウ科では最大のものである。はねの色彩は暗緑色から暗紫色、後ろばね裏面の後方に美しい橙色斑(とうしょくはん)があるきわめて特徴のある種で、日本にはこれと紛らわしい近似種はいない。日本では本種と同じアオバセセリ亜科に属するものにキバネセセリ、オキナワビロウドセセリ、タイワンアオバセセリの3種がある。日本本土では普通、5~6月と7~8月の年2回発生し、ときに秋に第3化(3世代目)と推定されるチョウがみられることがある。幼虫の食草はアワブキ、ヤマビワ、ミヤマホウソ、サクノキなどのアワブキ科植物である。

[白水 隆]

[参照項目] | セセリチョウ
アオバセセリ
日本本土産のセセリチョウ科では最大。後ろばね裏面後方にある美しい橙色斑が特徴である。はねの開張40~45mm。セセリチョウ科©Shogakukan 撮影/おくやまひさし">

アオバセセリ

アオバセセリの幼虫
終齢幼虫。食草はアワブキ、ヤマビワ、ミヤマホウソ、サクノキなど©Shogakukan">

アオバセセリの幼虫

セセリチョウ科のおもな種類(1)〔標本写真〕
©Shogakukan">

セセリチョウ科のおもな種類(1)〔標本…


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