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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Korean Hairstreak (Chousenakashijimi)
Coreana raphaelis
The Korean hairstreak is a small orange-winged butterfly with a very restricted distribution in Japan. Its caterpillars are known to feed on leaves of ash trees. A habitat in Yamagata is a Natural Monument, valued as a disjunct population of a continental butterfly species.
- Scientific name
- Coreana raphaelis
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Yamagata
- 日本語
- チョウセンアカシジミ
- 简体中文
- 朝鲜红灰蝶
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The Korean Hairstreak (Chousenakashijimi) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Yamagata.
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