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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Erebia neriene (Benihikage)
Erebia neriene
The Benihikage is an alpine butterfly with dark brown wings bearing red bands and eyespots, living in high meadows of central Honshu. It is seen in summer around flower fields, flying in the sunshine. Adapted only to alpine conditions, its habitats in Gunma and Nagano are Natural Monuments.
- Scientific name
- Erebia neriene
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Gunma, Nagano
- 日本語
- ベニヒカゲ
- 简体中文
- 红眼蝶
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The Erebia neriene (Benihikage) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Gunma, Nagano.
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