Alpine (English spelling)

Japanese: Alpine(チョウ)(英語表記)Alpine
Alpine (English spelling)

...Only two species in Honshu and three in Hokkaido are found in areas that are restricted to true alpine regions. In English, the word "alpine" refers to the alpine butterflies. There are nine alpine butterflies in Honshu: the spider pine butterfly (illustration), the mountain white butterfly, the mountain eruption, the large silver butterfly, the small white butterfly, the alpine skipper, the red nebula, the spider red nebula, and the alpine nebula (illustration).

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Alpine (Butterfly)" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…真の高山地帯に分布が局限されるものは本州では2種,北海道では3種しかない。英語でAlpineといえば,タカネヒカゲ類のことを指す。 本州の高山チョウは,クモマツマキチョウ(イラスト),ミヤマシロチョウ,ミヤマモンキチョウ,オオイチモンジ,コヒオドシ,タカネキマダラセセリ,ベニヒカゲ,クモマベニヒカゲ,タカネヒカゲ(イラスト)の9種とされる。…

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