Iratsume
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
Iratsume | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Iratsume |
Species: | I. orsedice |
Binomial name | |
Iratsume orsedice (Butler, [1882]) | |
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Iratsume is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Its single species is Iratsume orsedice.[1]
The larvae feed on Hamamelis japonica.
Subspecies
- Iratsume orsedice suzukii (Sonan, 1940) Japan
- Iratsume orsedice nosei Fujioka, 1996 Taiwan
References
- ^ "Iratsume Sibatani & Ito, 1942" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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