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