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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Arran Brown (Kumomabenihikage)
Erebia ligea
This alpine satyrid butterfly has dark brown wings with red spots and lives in Japan only in high mountain meadows of the Chubu region. Adults fly briefly in summer. Considered an ice-age relict, its habitat in Nagano is a Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Erebia ligea
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- 日本語
- クモマベニヒカゲ
- 简体中文
- 红眼蝶（云间亚种）
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The Arran Brown (Kumomabenihikage) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
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