- Sasakia charonda
Taxobox
name = Great purple emperor
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
divisio =Rhopalocera
familia =Nymphalidae
subfamilia =Apaturinae
genus =Sasakia
species = Sasakia charonda
species_authority ="Sasakia charonda", the Great purple emperor, is a
species of butterflies in the familyNymphalidae .ize
* Wingspan of male: 50mm, female: 65 mm.
Color
Range
Japan (fromHokkaidō toKyūshū ),Korean Peninsula ,China , NorthernTaiwan , NorthernVietnam .ub species
imilar species
tatus
Taxonomy
Habitat
"Sasakia charonda" is common in the forest.
Habits
Life cycle
Eggs
Caterpillar
Pupa
Host plants
The
larva e of the species feed on plants such as :
*Japanese Hackberry ("Celtis jessoensis")
*"Celtis japonica"ee also
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Nymphalidae
*List of butterflies in Taiwan External links
References
*aut|Nobuo MORIUE & Masayuki HAYASHI, "The Handbook of Insects and their Host Plants", Bun-ichi Sougou Shuppan, 1/Apr/2007, ISBN978-4-8299-0026-0
External links
* [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/apaturinae/sasakia/index.html Sasakia] at funit.fi
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