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Volume 63, Issue 4
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  • [title in Japanese]
    Article type: Cover
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages Cover1-
    Published: December 28, 2012
    Released on J-STAGE: August 10, 2017
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_Cover1
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    Article type: Appendix
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages App1-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_App1
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    Article type: Appendix
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages App2-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_App2
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  • Report of surveys on the early stages of butterflies in the Nanling area(4)
    Motohiro HARADA, Yoshimi OHSHIMA, Yoshikazu YOSHIDA, Min WANG
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 165-174
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_165
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    The early stages of nine species, Neope yama, Neope muirheadii, Ypthima conjuncta, Neorina patria, Neptis speyeri, Neptis beroe, Pantoporia bieti, Ussuriana michaelis and Satarupa nymphalis are described from the Nanling area, Guangdong, China.
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  • Mythimna subplacida (Sugi) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Hadeninae) new to the fauna of Japan
    Shin-ichi YOSHIMATSU, Yoshihiro YANAGITA, Katsumi SHIBAHARA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 175-177
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_175
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    Mythimna subplacida (Sugi, 1977) known from Taiwan and China is recorded from Japan (Tsushima Is., Nagasaki Pref.) for the first time on the basis of three male specimens collected in 2011. The adult and male genitalia of the holotype are illustrated again in comparison with those of the specimens collected in Japan.
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  • The survival and development of Lycaeides argyrognomon (Bergstrasser) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) reared on ten different leguminous plants for searching the potential food plants
    Keiko KODA, Eri OZAKI, Hiroshi NAKAMURA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 178-185
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_178
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    Larvae of Lycaeides argyrognomon in Japan feed only on Indigofera pseudo-tinctoria. However, on the Eurasian Continent the same species feeds on many kinds of leguminous plants. Larvae of this butterfly were reared on different leguminous plants in June and July 2011 in an incubator at a constant temperature of 25℃ with a photoperiod of 16L: 8D. The mortality and development of this species were examined, and the weight of the pupa and the length of the adult forewing were measured. The survival rates were 44.4% on Glycine max (leaf), 45.5% on Vicia cracca, 61.3% on Vicia villosa subsp. varia and 20.8% on Trifolium repens. The developmental period of females was longer than that of males on every plant. The mean pupal weight and mean forewing length ranged from 21.80 mg (male of T. repens) to 49.80 mg (female of G. max (leaf)) and from 10.00 mm (male of T. repens) to 13.75 mm (female of G. max (leaf)), respectively. Larvae which were given G. max (young soybean), Vicia amoena, Lespedeza bicolor, Lespedeza cuneata and Trifolium pratense started feeding, but did not develop to the adult stage. Larvae did not feed at all on Phaseolus vulgaris or Albizia julibrissin. Lycaeides argyrognomon of Japan is thus considered to have the potential to feed on leguminous plants other than I. pseudo-tinctoria.
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  • Cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of Lycaeides subsolanus larvae and their attendant ants
    Hisashi OMURA, Michihito WATANABE, Keiichi HONDA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 186-190
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_186
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    In their late instar stages (third or fourth), Lycaeides subsolanus larvae have a facultative symbiotic relationship with several ant species. In Yamanashi Prefecture, the larvae are tended frequently by worker ants of Lasius japonicus and sometimes by those of Formica japonica. Cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) were extracted from wild-caught late-instar larvae of L. subsolanus and the workers of these 2 attendant ant species, and their compositions were determined by gas-chromatography mass-spectrometry (GC-MS). The attendant ants showed species-specific CHC compositions; the major compounds obtained from L. japonicus were determined to be branched alkanes with >29 carbon atoms, while those from F. japonica were determined to be linear alkanes and alkenes with 27 or 29 carbon atoms. The CHC profiles of the third- and fourth-instar larvae were qualitatively similar to each other but remarkably different from those of the attendant ants. The extracts obtained from L. subsolanus larvae contained 11 linear and 4 branched alkanes, the major compounds being nonacosane, pentacosane, heptacosane, and hentriacontane. The CHC profile of L. subsolanus larvae was quite similar to that of the larvae of L. argyrognomon, a closely related species. Our previous studies have shown that the CHC profiles of L. argyrognomon larvae were qualitatively consistent irrespective of the larval instar and the attendant ant species. These results indicate that both L. subsolanus and L. argyrognomon larvae can maintain symbiotic relationships with ants without changing their intrinsic CHC profile.
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  • Back-crossed hybrids of Pieris melete and P. napi japonica (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)
    Hikaru KITAHARA
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 191-203
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_191
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    The potential for genetic introgression between Pieris melete and P. napi japonica was evaluated through interspecific mating experiments of both parental species using the cage pairing method and three serial back crosses carried out by the cage and hand pairing methods. Back-crossed hybrids with various genetic probability derived from P. melete were obtained. There were few differences in reproductive ability between male adult back-crossed hybrids. Although female adult F1 and back-crossed hybrid could not reproduce, their genetic probability more closely reflected those of the parental species, and female adults of back-crossed hybrids also had higher reproductive ability. Interspecific cage pairings of the parental species did not produce successful matings, but crosses of the F1 hybrids and either parental species could be produced easily. Using the ratio of the maximum width of the scent sack to the maximum width of the scent scale in the wing of adult males, it was possible to evaluate natural hybrids found in the field.
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  • Historic cycles of fragmentation and expansion in the Alpine butterfly Erebia ligea (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) on the Japanese archipelago, inferred from mitochondrial DNA
    Takatoshi NAKATANI, Shin-ichi USAMI, Tateo ITOH
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 204-216
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_204
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    Phylogenetic relationships among the populations of Erebia ligea on the Japanese archipelago were inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. The results show a clear division into three lineages on the Sakhalin, Hokkaido and Honshu islands, and also suggest that these lineages have been reproductively isolated from each other since before the last ice age. Further fragmentations were found within these lineages: two genetic lineages on Hokkaido (one found at higher altitudes in the Daisetsuzan Mts. and the other at lower altitudes around some mountain bases) and two on Honshu (one found in the Hida, Yatsugatake and Hakusan Mts. and the other in the the Akaishi and Kiso Mts.). Nested clade phylogeographical analysis (NCPA) points to a history of E. ligea in the Japanese archipelago which was punctuated by several repeats of allopatric fragmentation and restricted gene flow. The existence of a secondary contact zone shows the same scenario. In the Hida Mts., different haplotypes were detected in the northern and the southern regions, with a secondary contact zone found in the vicinity of the central region. The ancient population was fragmented, reproductively isolated and then differentiated into several populations with distinct haplotypes. Distributions of the two populations then expanded allowing a secondary contact of the two populations, and sporadic distributions were subsequently formed. Repetitive cycles of expansion and reduction in distribution within the Japanese archipelago in response to the glacial cycles of the Quaternary period are suggested.
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  • Lepidoptera from Great Cormorant nests on Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa
    Yoshitsugu NASU, Shiro MURAHAMA, Sho DAIMON, Katsuro YAHIRO, Kayoko KA ...
    Article type: Article
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages 217-220
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_217
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    The lepidoptera fauna of Great Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo Linnaeus, nests was investigated on Chikubu Island, Lake Biwa, Shiga Pref., Japan. Four moth species representing four families were identified: Tineidae, Ippa conspersa (Matsumura); Pyralidae, Orthopygia glaucinalis (Linnaeus); Geometridae, Idaea sp.; and Noctuidae, Simplicia niphona (Butler). The tineid larva probably fed on dead insects, and the remaining larvae on dead leaves.
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  • [title in Japanese]
    Article type: Index
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages i-iii
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_i
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    Article type: Appendix
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages App3-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_App3
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    Article type: Appendix
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages App4-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_App4
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    Article type: Cover
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages Cover2-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_Cover2
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    Article type: Cover
    2012 Volume 63 Issue 4 Pages Cover3-
    Published: December 28, 2012
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    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.18984/lepid.63.4_Cover3
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