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National Natural Monument
Insects
Loomis's Hairstreak
Arhopala ganesa
Loomis's hairstreak is a small lycaenid butterfly with bluish upper wings, living in damp evergreen broadleaf forests in warmer regions. Its caterpillars feed on young leaves of evergreen oaks, and adults flutter slowly inside the woods. A habitat in Kasugano-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, is a national Natural Monument; the butterfly survives only where rich evergreen forest remains.
- Scientific name
- Arhopala ganesa
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Nara
- 日本語
- ルーミスシジミ
- 简体中文
- 路氏灰蝶
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The Loomis's Hairstreak is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nara.
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