Wagimo signata

Wagimo signata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Wagimo
Species:
W. signata
Binomial name
Wagimo signata
(Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Thecla signata Butler, [1882]
  • Wagimo kyotoensis Murayama, 1953
  • Wagimo signatus signatus ab. iwateanus Murayama, 1964
  • Thecla quercivora Staudinger, 1887

Wagimo signata is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881. It is found in the Russian Far East (Ussuri, Primor'e), north-eastern and central China, Korea and Japan.[1]

Adults hatch in the middle of July.

The larvae feed on Quercus species (including Q. dentata, Q. serrata, Q. mongolica, Q. acutissima, Q. alinea and Q. variabilis), as well as Cyclobalanospsis glauca.[2]

Subspecies

  • Wagimo signata signata
  • Wagimo signata minamii (Fujioka, 1994)
  • Wagimo signata quercivora (Staudinger, 1887) (southern Ussuri)

References

  1. ^ "Wagimo Sibatani & Ito, 1942" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Egg structure and notes on biology of Theclinae from Primor'e, Russian Far East (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)


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