Minois nagasawae
| Minois nagasawae | |
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| Upperside | |
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| Underside | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Minois |
| Species: | M. nagasawae |
| Binomial name | |
| Minois nagasawae Matsumura, 1906 | |
Minois nagasawae, also known as the Nagasawa snake-eyed butterfly, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1]
Distribution
This species is endemic to Taiwan, and can be found at high altitudes in the mountains above 2500m on the main island of Taiwan, making it the butterfly species with the highest altitude habitat in Taiwan.[1]
Ecology
The larvae of this species feed on the grass species Brachypodium kawakamii and Deschampsia caespitosa.[2]
References
- 1 2 徐堉峰 (2013). 台灣蝴蝶圖鑑．下（蛺蝶）. 台中市: 晨星出版社. ISBN 978-986-177-668-2.
- ↑ Huang, Chia-Lung; Hsu, Yu-Feng (2011). "The Early Stages and Biology of Minois nagasawae (Matsumura) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), an Alpine Butterfly Endemic to Taiwan". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 113 (3): 325–334. doi:10.4289/0013-8797.113.3.325.
External links
- "Minois nagasawae Matsumura, 1906". TaiBNET. Taiwan: Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia_Sinica. Retrieved 2013-01-24.
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