Japanese Luehdorfia
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| Luehdorfia japonica Leech, 1889 |
The Japanese Luehdorfia (Luehdorfia japonica) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in Japan and China. It was discovered by Yasushi Nawa in Japan's Gifu Prefecture in 1883.[1] It is also known as the Gifu Butterfly (岐阜蝶 or ギフチョウ Gifu Chō?)
Luehdorfia japonica is univoltine with adult emergence in early spring. The larval host plants are wild gingers species of the genus Asarum. Female butterflies lay eggs in clusters on the fresh growth of the host plant, and the hatched larvae feed on the leaf in groups during the early instar stages.[2]
[edit] See also
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Luehdorfia japonica. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
[edit] References
- ^ Gifu City Walking Map. Gifu Lively City Public Corporation, 2007.
- ^ Matsumoto, K, Population change and immature mortality process of Luehdorfia japonica (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) feeding on an unusual host plant, Asarum caulescens Maxim. (Aristolochiaceae). Entomological Science (2003) 6,143–149
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