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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Orange Tip (Kumomatsumakichou)
Anthocharis cardamines
The orange tip is a small alpine white butterfly whose forewing tips are orange, flying at high elevations in early summer after snowmelt. Its caterpillars feed on plants of the mustard family. Habitats in Niigata, Toyama and Nagano are designated Natural Monuments, and this alpine butterfly is vulnerable to environmental change.
- Scientific name
- Anthocharis cardamines
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Niigata, Toyama, Nagano
- 日本語
- クモマツマキチョウ
- 简体中文
- 黄尖襟粉蝶
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The Orange Tip (Kumomatsumakichou) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Niigata, Toyama, Nagano.
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