Japanese Black-veined White (Miyamashirochou)
Aporia hippia
Photo: Notafly / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
This medium-sized butterfly has white wings marked with bold black veins and lives in mountain meadows and woodland edges of central Honshu. Its caterpillars feed on barberry relatives and overwinter in groups. The butterfly itself is designated a prefectural Natural Monument in Gunma, Yamanashi and Nagano, and it has declined in areas where it formerly occurred.
- Scientific name
- Aporia hippia
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Gunma, Yamanashi, Nagano
- Japanese Red List (Ministry of the Environment)
- EndangeredMinistry of the Environment Red List 2020
- 日本語
- ミヤマシロチョウ
- 简体中文
- 小檗绢粉蝶
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The Japanese Black-veined White (Miyamashirochou) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma, Yamanashi, Nagano.
The Japanese Black-veined White (Miyamashirochou) is listed as "Endangered" in the Ministry of the Environment Red List 2020 (listed as ミヤマシロチョウ).
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