Japanese Luehdorfia

Taxobox
name = Japanese Luehdorfia

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status = LR/nt | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Papilionidae
genus = "Luehdorfia"
species = "L. japonica"
binomial = "Luehdorfia japonica"
binomial_authority = Leech, 1889
synonyms =

The Japanese Luehdorfia ("Luehdorfia japonica") is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is found in Japan and China. It was discovered by Yasushi Nawa in Japan's Gifu Prefecture in 1883. "Gifu City Walking Map". Gifu Lively City Public Corporation, 2007.] It is also known as the nihongo|Gifu Butterfly|岐阜蝶 or ギフチョウ|Gifu Chō

"Luehdorfia japonica" is univoltine with adult emergence in early spring. The larval host plants are wild gingers species of the genus "Asarum". Female butterflies lay eggs in clusters on the fresh growth of the host plant, and the hatched larvae feed on the leaf in groups during the early instar stages. [Matsumoto, K, Population change and immature mortality process of Luehdorfia japonica (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) feeding on an unusual host plant, Asarum caulescens Maxim. (Aristolochiaceae). Entomological Science (2003) 6,143–149]

ee also

* Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/12406/all Luehdorfia japonica] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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