Purple martin - Purple martin

Japanese: ムラサキツバメ - むらさきつばめ

It is a lepidopteran insect of the Lycaenidae family. It is larger than the purple hair butterfly, with a span of 3.8-4.2 cm. It is named after the small tail-like protrusions on its hind wings. It is distributed from the Himalayas to the Malay Peninsula, Indochina Peninsula, Java, southern and western China, Taiwan, and Japan. In Japan, it is found in warm areas west of the Kinki region of Honshu, passing through Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima, and Tanegashima, and extending to Amami Oshima, Okinawa Island, and the Ryukyu Islands. It lives in evergreen broad-leaved forests that include beech trees such as Quercus stenophylla and Quercus serrata, which are food plants for the larvae, and its habitat is more localized than that of the purple hair butterfly.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鱗翅目シジミチョウ科の昆虫。ムラサキシジミよりも大型で，開張3.8～4.2cm。後翅に小さな尾状突起があるのでこの名がある。ヒマラヤからマレー半島，インドシナ半島，ジャワ，中国南･西部，台湾および日本に分布する。日本では本州の近畿地方以西の暖地に見られ，四国，九州，屋久島，種子島を経て奄美大島，沖縄本島，南西諸島に及ぶ。幼虫の食樹となるブナ科のマテバシイ，シリブカガシなどを含む照葉樹林にすみ，産地はムラサキシジミに比べて局部的である。

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