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  • Large Tree Nymph butterfly resting on green foliage in the Ryukyu Islands.
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    Large Tree Nymph (Idea leuconoe) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Maack’s Swallowtail (Papilio maackii) resting on tree bark, showing brilliant blue-green iridescent wings with red spots
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  • Chestnut Tiger butterfly (Parantica sita) resting on green leaves in Japan, showing pale blue and chestnut-colored wings.
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  • Silver-washed Fritillary feeding on a purple thistle flower in a sunlit forest edge in Japan
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    Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Common Tiger butterfly (Danaus genutia) resting on asphalt, showing its orange wings with bold black veins and white-spotted margins.
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    Common Tiger (Danaus genutia) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Comma Butterfly basking on sunlit gravel with its orange, deeply scalloped wings fully open.
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    Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-album) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Compton Tortoiseshell (Erutateha) resting on a sunlit forest path with its wings fully open, showing bright orange and black patterns.
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    Compton Tortoiseshell (Nymphalis vaualbum) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Jankowski’s Silkmoth (Rhodinia jankowskii) resting on a branch at night in a Japanese mountain forest.
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    Jankowski’s Silkmoth (Rhodinia jankowskii) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Female Squeaking Silkmoth (Rhodinia fugax) on a wall, with pale yellow wings and translucent eyespots typical of autumn moths in Japan.
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    Squeaking Silkmoth (Rhodinia fugax) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Onaga Mizuao (Actias gnoma) resting on the ground at night in Hachijojima, showing its long tails and green antennae.
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    Onaga Mizuao (Actias gnoma) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Ailanthus Silkmoth (Samia cynthia pryeri) on asphalt at night, displaying its crescent-shaped wing markings and soft brown coloration.
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    Ailanthus Silkmoth (Samia cynthia pryeri) – Wildlife of Japan

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  • Japanese Tau Emperor (Aglia japonica) resting on asphalt, showing vivid orange wings and blue eye-spots
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