Luehdorfia puziloi
Luehdorfia puziloi
Photo: H Pryer / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
Luehdorfia puziloi is a yellow-and-black butterfly resembling the Japanese Luehdorfia. In Japan it occurs locally from Hokkaido to central Honshu. It appears in early spring in deciduous woods and grassland, and its larvae feed on wild ginger. It has one generation a year. In Gunma, the species itself is a prefectural Natural Monument; in Niigata, a habitat shared with Anthocharis cardamines is designated a prefectural Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Luehdorfia puziloi
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Gunma, Niigata
- When to see
- April, May
- 日本語
- ヒメギフチョウ
- 简体中文
- 虎凤蝶
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Adults appear once a year, in Honshu roughly from mid-April to mid-May. Larvae feed on Asarum sieboldii. Gifu Prefecture marks the western edge of its range in Japan.
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The Luehdorfia puziloi is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma, Niigata.
The Luehdorfia puziloi is mainly seen in April, May. Adults appear once a year, in Honshu roughly from mid-April to mid-May. Larvae feed on Asarum sieboldii. Gifu Prefecture marks the western edge of its range in Japan.
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