Japanese emperor (Butterfly)
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/SasakiaS. charonda
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| Template:Taxonomy/SasakiaSasakia charonda (Hewitson, 1863)
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The Japanese emperor or Great purple emperor (Sasakia charonda) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Japan (from Hokkaidō to Kyūshū), the Korean Peninsula, China, northern Taiwan and northern Vietnam. Its wingspan averages 50 mm (2.0 in) for males, and 65 mm (2.6 in) for females. They are common in the upper canopies of forests, only coming down to feed or to find salt sources. The larvae of the species feed on hackberries, like Celtis jessoensis, Celtis japonica and Celtis sinensis.[3][4]
S. charonda is the national butterfly of Japan.[5][6]
See also
References
- ↑ William C. Hewitson (1862–1866). Illustrations of New Species of Exotic Butterflies, Selected Chiefly from the Collections of W. Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson. Volume III. John Van Voorst. p. 50. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.12625. Search this book on
- ↑ Frederic Moore (1896). Lepidoptera Indica. Volume III. Lovell Reeve & Co. Limited. p. 39. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8763. Search this book on
- ↑ Nubuo Moriue; Masayuki Hayashi (2007). The Handbook of Insects and their Host Plants. Bun-ichi Sougou Shuppan. ISBN 978-4-8299-0026-0. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Markku Savela. "Sasakia Moore, [1896]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ↑ Jiřina Matějková-Plšková; Dalibor Jančik; Miroslav Mašláň; Satoshi Shiojiri; Makoto Shiojiri (2010). "Photonic Crystal Structure of Wing Scales in Sasakia Charonda Butterflies" (PDF). Materials Transactions. 51 (2): 202–208. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2818.2009.03233.x. PMID 19903230. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-09-22. Retrieved 2025-06-02. Unknown parameter
|name-list-style=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ "Sasakia charonda (Japanese Emperor, Japanischer Kaiser)". Butterflycorner.net. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
External links
Media related to Sasakia charonda at Wikimedia Commons
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