Photo: Takaaki Hattori / CC BY 4.0 / iNaturalist
Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Weismann's Two-tailed Pasha
Polyura weismanni
A large butterfly with two tail-like projections on each hindwing. In Japan this southern species lives mainly in the Yanbaru forests of northern Okinawa Island, flies fast in woodland, and is protected because of its restricted range.
- Scientific name
- Polyura weismanni
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Okinawa
- 日本語
- フタオチョウ
- 简体中文
- 双尾蛱蝶（二尾蛱蝶）
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The Weismann's Two-tailed Pasha is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okinawa.
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