Asahina's Skipper
Ochlodes asahinai
Photo: コミスジ空港 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Asahina's Skipper is a small skipper butterfly living in the mountains of Ishigaki and Iriomote in the Yaeyama Islands. It has yellowish-brown wings, and its larvae feed on Ryukyu bamboo, a member of the grass family. Its range is extremely limited, and the species itself was designated a Natural Monument of Okinawa Prefecture in 1978 without a geographically restricted designation area.
- Scientific name
- Ochlodes asahinai
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- VulnerableMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- アサヒナキマダラセセリ
- 简体中文
- 朝比奈黄斑弄蝶
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The Asahina's Skipper is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
The Asahina's Skipper is listed as "Vulnerable" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as アサヒナキマダラセセリ).
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