Chestnut tiger (Asagimadara)

Japanese: アサギマダラ - あさぎまだら(英語表記)chestnut tiger
Chestnut tiger (Asagimadara)

A butterfly belonging to the order Lepidoptera and the family Danaidae. In Japan, it is found throughout the country from Hokkaido to the Okinawa Islands. In cold regions such as Hokkaido and the Tohoku region, only a few individuals are found in summer, except in exceptional cases, but these are thought to be migrants from further south or temporary outbreaks of migrants. In southwestern Japan, they often fly in swarms to mountain tops in summer. Outside of Japan, they are found from the Korean Peninsula, Taiwan, and China to the northwestern Himalayas. They are large, with a wingspan of about 90 to 100 millimeters. The colors and markings of the males and females are the same, but the males have a matte sex mark with black spots on both sides behind their hind wings, which makes it easy to distinguish between the males and females. In southwestern Japan, adults fly from around May to November, but in the Amami Islands and Okinawa Islands, they are often seen from autumn to spring through the winter, and are rarely seen in summer. They fly slowly and gather around a variety of flowering plants. The larvae feed on plants of the Asclepiadaceae family, such as the Japanese lantern plant, the yellow orchid, and the cherry orchid. The chestnut butterfly is the only representative of the Danaidae family native to mainland Japan north of Kyushu, but there are four more native species in the Nansei Islands south of the Tokara Islands: the Ryukyu chestnut butterfly, the white swallowtail butterfly, the black-striped white swallowtail, and the leuconoe butterfly. Many of the Danaidae butterflies migrate to Japan as vagrants from Southeast Asia, and to date, 17 species, including the brown-and-white butterfly, have been discovered in Japan, especially in the Nansei Islands.

[Takashi Shiramizu]

The Monarch Butterfly
This is the only butterfly in the Danaidae family that is native to mainland Japan. The ground color of the forewings is black, and the ground color of the hindwings is brown with pale yellow markings. Wing span is 90-100mm. Danaidae ©Shogakukan Photo by Mitsuda Satoshi ">

The Monarch Butterfly

Main species of the Danaidae family (specimen photographs)
©Shogakukan ">

Main species of the Danaidae family (specimen photographs)


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

昆虫綱鱗翅(りんし)目マダラチョウ科に属するチョウ。日本では北海道から沖縄諸島に至る全土に発見される。北海道、東北地方などの寒冷地では、例外的な場合を除いて夏に少数の個体が発見されるのみであるが、これはより南方地域からの移動個体、あるいは移動個体による一時的な発生と考えられる。西南日本では夏季に山の頂上に群飛することが多い。日本以外では朝鮮半島、台湾、中国から西北ヒマラヤにわたって分布する。はねの開張は90~100ミリメートル程度で大形。雌雄の色彩や斑紋(はんもん)は同様であるが、雄では後ろばねの後方に表裏ともに黒斑状をなす光沢のない性標があり、これによって雌雄は容易に見分けられる。西南日本では5月ごろから11月ごろまで成虫の飛翔(ひしょう)をみるが、奄美(あまみ)諸島や沖縄諸島では冬を挟んで秋から春にかけて多く、夏季にはほとんどその姿をみない。飛び方は緩く、各種の草花に集まる。幼虫の食草はカモメズル、キジョラン、サクラランなどのガガイモ科植物である。アサギマダラは九州以北の日本本土に土着する唯一のマダラチョウ科の代表であるが、吐噶喇(とから)列島以南の南西諸島にはさらにリュウキュウアサギマダラ、カバマダラ、スジグロカバマダラ、オオゴマダラの4種の土着種がある。なお、マダラチョウ科のチョウは東南アジア地域より迷チョウとして日本に飛来するものが多く、現在まで日本、とくに南西諸島で発見されたものはマルバネルリマダラなど17種にのぼる。

[白水 隆]

アサギマダラ
マダラチョウ科のなかで、日本本土に土着する唯一のチョウ。前ばねの地色は黒色、後ろばねの地色は褐色で、浅黄色の斑紋がある。はねの開張90~100mm。マダラチョウ科©Shogakukan 撮影/満田 聡">

アサギマダラ

マダラチョウ科のおもな種類〔標本写真〕
©Shogakukan">

マダラチョウ科のおもな種類〔標本写真〕


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