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Prefectural Natural Monument
Insects
Norse Grayling (Takane Hikage)
Oeneis norna
The Norse Grayling is a plainly colored satyrine butterfly living in the alpine zone of central Honshu, including the Japan Alps. Its larvae eat grasses and sedges, and adults fly in summer around dwarf pine zones. Adapted to alpine conditions, it is designated a Natural Monument in Nagano.
- Scientific name
- Oeneis norna
- Group
- Insects
- Prefectures
- Nagano
- 日本語
- タカネヒカゲ
- 简体中文
- 高山眼蝶（北方眼蝶）
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The Norse Grayling (Takane Hikage) is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Nagano.
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