Kirishima Green Hairstreak
Chrysozephyrus ataxus
Photo: Notafly / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
The Kirishima green hairstreak is a small butterfly whose males have metallic yellow-green upper wings. Females have mainly brown upper wings, sometimes with blue patches. Caterpillars eat young leaves of evergreen oaks, and adults are active in treetops in summer. The population in Komono, Mie Prefecture, is designated a prefectural Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Chrysozephyrus ataxus
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Mie
- 日本語
- キリシマミドリシジミ
- 简体中文
- 雾岛绿灰蝶
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The Kirishima Green Hairstreak is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Mie.
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