National Natural Monument
Insects
Arctic Blue Butterfly (Karafuto Ruri Shijimi)
カラフトルリシジミ · Karafutorurishijimi
Photo: コミスジ空港 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
- Designated by
- National / Natural Monument
- Designation type
- Species
- Designated on
- May 2, 1967
- Prefectures
- Hokkaido
- Scientific name
- Agriades optilete daisetsuzana
About the Cranberry Blue (Daisetsuzan subspecies)
A small blue butterfly of the alpine zone of Hokkaido's Daisetsuzan range, with a grey underside spotted in black. It is a high-mountain butterfly with a very limited range in Japan, protected together with its habitat.
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Designated as a species without a fixed area. Markers show related prefectures.
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The Arctic Blue Butterfly (Karafuto Ruri Shijimi) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Hokkaido.
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