Himejanome (Princess snake eye) - Himejanome (English spelling) Mycalesis gotama

Japanese: ヒメジャノメ(姫蛇の目) - ヒメジャノメ（英語表記）Mycalesis gotama

An insect of the Lepidoptera family, Satyridae (illustration). It is similar to the Japanese bush-tailed butterflies, but is paler in color, with a light-colored band in the center of the underside that is yellowish-white, and does not have the purple tinge of the Japanese bush-tailed butterflies. It spans 4.5-5.7cm. It is found from Assam and Myanmar to China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula, and Japan, and in Japan it ranges from the southern tip of Hokkaido through Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, and Yakushima. It is not found in the Ryukyu Islands, where it is replaced by the same genus, the Ryukyu bush-tailed butterflies. It is commonly seen around woodlands and in grass along rivers, and often occurs in rice paddies.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鱗翅目ジャノメチョウ科の昆虫（イラスト）。コジャノメに似るがより淡色で，裏面中央の明色帯は黄白色となり，コジャノメのように紫色を帯びることがない。開張4.5～5.7cm。アッサム，ミャンマーから中国，台湾，朝鮮半島から日本にかけて分布し，日本では北海道南端部から本州，四国，九州を経て屋久島に及ぶ。南西諸島には分布せず，かわりに同属のリュウキュウヒメジャノメがいる。雑木林の周辺，川沿いの草むらなどにふつうに見られ，水田に発生することも多い。

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