Daisetsu Alpine Satyr Butterfly
ダイセツタカネヒカゲ · Daisetsutakanehikage
Photo: damonbay / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
- Designated by
- National / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Species
- Designated on
- May 12, 1965
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- Scientific name
- Oeneis melissa daisetsuzana
About the Daisetsu Arctic Butterfly (Melissa Arctic)
The Daisetsu Arctic Butterfly is a satyrine butterfly found in alpine areas of Hokkaido, including the Daisetsuzan and Hidaka ranges, and is regarded as an Ice Age relic. Its larvae eat sedges, and adults fly briefly in summer over rocky alpine slopes. Vulnerable to environmental change and collecting, it is a Natural Monument.
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The Daisetsu Alpine Satyr Butterfly is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
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