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Moth Eterttsi aaedea (Lepidopte rZyag.aenidae)
By
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The zygaenid moth Etei'tis iaaE'dea (Clerck. 1759) is widely distribut efd'ro mJapan, throus,h
( .hina and Indo-China .thc Hirnalalr' aIsn.dia to Sri Lanka. In the Japanesc Islands .this nioth is
distribut eidn thc "'arm temperate zone. that is .from Yugashima {easter nmosD in the Izu Peninsula.
the Oki lsland s(northernino soln} thc Sca ofJapan. threuk,h the Pacitie coast ot' thc Tekai District .the
Kii Peninsula. westerih par tot' the Uhugol<u Distri citn Honshu. Shikoku. Tsushhna and Kyushu, u} the
Ryukyu Islands(Fig.1).
Although i tis wc" known that the wing maculation ofthc Himalayan and Southeas t.iXsian
subspecies. E, aedea edo('tu Doub[eda> ,.I847 is inarkcdl>･ po]ymorphic .Jupanese populatien sare not
se variab]e and separated into several subspecies, particular li>n ,the Ryuk>,u Island s.I rcviscd these
sL±bsl)eci ebsy examination ot' the t>･pc speein)ens (Owada. 19S9) .though leavin gsonie problems to be
solx,cd. Ir ithis paper ,I witl revise lhose subspecics again bascd en fc.irt nhicurterial secured in the last
dccadc ,with notes on sotne ecolc)gicu[ and expertmenLul data, thttt is ,flying .timc ef moths in : ]day.
'I'okara
circadiun rhythm. ctc,. and "ilL dcscrib cthrce ne"･ subspccies from Nakanoshima 1s. .the Group
ol' the northern Ryukyus, from Tokunosh{ma Is, .the ccntral R]f'uk}. ,aunds. from Kumejima ls. ,the
central Ryukyus.
Thc specimens recorded in this pape rare preserv cidn the collection of the Natiunal Seience
)Lauscum.Iek)y'o. Synonyms fcrc]iccs Ere'ntsia
unless stated otherwise. and rc ei' aedea subspecies are
cnu[neratcd in my previou spapers {Owada. I989. 1998. 2000) .and thc speciniens reeorded in those
papers are emitted in this article, Measurenicn t()f reared spccimcns is net recorded in this study.
because lheir sLze is changed undcr the rearcd cendltion. i.c .t.emperature. humidity .diapaus oer not.
ibod plant .etc.
Before going t'urthc rJ. express my sincere thunks to the fo11owin gentoinologists and friend sfor
their kind aid to this study: Mr. M. KiTnura. Naha. Mr. K. Horic, 1'okyo. Mr. Y. Kishida. Tokye, Mr. H.
Endo,Ikeda.GH'u.}vlrN.. Bito,Nagoya,Ms. K. NishihavaN,agoya.N,!rT,."vliyutOad,awara,Dr.H.
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3 2･3 1.IIyakunin-cho .Shinjuku-ku. Tokyo. 169 O073 Japan
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Kobayashi,Tokyo,Dr.Y,Arita,MeijoUniversityN,agoya,Dr.M. Sar6,Nagoya Womens' Univcrsity,
Nagoya. Dr. S,Azuma, Ryukyu University,Mr. H. Hamaji, Komae, Dr. T. 1(umata, Hokkaido
University, Drs. K. Morimoto, J. Yukawa and O. Tadauchj ,Kyushu UniN'ersi tDyr,s. N. Ohbayashi and
M, Sakai,Ehime UniversityM,r. Y. Yanagita,Yokohama, Mr. Y. Koyama, Miyama, Mic,Mr. I.
Matoba, Wakayama Natural HistoryMuseum. Kainan,Mr. S,Goto,Tanabe, Dr.Y. Okushima,
KurashikiNaturalHistoryMuscum, Mr. M. Yamada, Hikimi,Shimane,Mr. K. Yodoe, Hoshizaki
Green Foundation, Matsuc. Mr, Y. Yamate, Hiroshima, Dr. K. Endo, Yamaguchi UniversityM,s. Y.
Ito,Hagj CjtyLoca] Museum, Mr. S.Suda, Tokyo, Mr. M. Yarnamoto, Ebina,Dr. K. Ueda,
KitakyushuNaturalHistoryMuseum, Mr,M, Furukawa,Ushitsu,Saga,Mr. K.Shibahara,Omura, Ms.
K. Matsuda, Kagoshima. Mcssers .T. Nagata and H. Tanaka, Nakanoshima Branch oi" Teshima-mura
Officc ,M. Sugimoto, Naha, Mr, K. Yazaki, Hachioji ,and Mr. Y. Watanabe, Amagasaki, 1 also thank
Dr. S.-I U.eno, the National Scicncc Museum, Tokyo, ft) rreading the manuscript ofthis paper.
This study is supported in part by the Grants-in-ai dNos. 13575015, 09041167. 060411]6,
tO141099, 62041074, 58041074, 56041060 and 404i(} 1for Internation aFtiej dResearch ,62540572
and 02640643 for Scientif iRccsearch from the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture ,Japan, and
byFLljiwarNaaturalHistoryFeundation, Tokyo.
Eterusia aedka sugitanii Matsumuru, 1 927
(Figs2,8)
Eterusi aaedea viresc'ens: Ezaki .19l7, p. 83, fig .4 (tnal en)ec, Butler ,I881,
Eterusia aedea sugitanii Matsumura. 1927, p. 83, pl. 3, fig ,9 (male O)w:ada, 1989, pp, 200-201, figs,
1-3 (mal eand female) ,21- 22 (malc genita]ia )3,4-35 (femal cgenita]ia )re,ferences; Owada,
1998, pp, 7-12, fig s2-7.
Etei'usiti E Matsumura,193l, 987,tl.u(.male).
aedea st{gitaniii p,
Eterusi aaedea okinoshimensis Esaki et lnouc ,l956, p. I33, fig s2-- 6(ty pseeries, male and female):
Inoue ,1982, 2: 217, synonymy with sugitanii.' Owada. 1998, pp. 7-12, figs 2--7 (typ eserics),
synonymy.
Distributio nH.onshu (lz uPeninsula .Aichi ,Mie. Wakayama, Nara, Hiroshima, Shimanc and
Yamaguchi), Oki Islands, Shikoku, Tsushima, Okinoshirn als .(Chikuze =n=' Fukuoka), and Kyushu.
itdaterial examined. Holotype ,male, oi' Etertts iaaedea sugitanii Matsumura, 1927 was examiped
(Owada ,1989) ,in ELHU. Typc scries of Eieru,s 'aieadea okinoshimensis Esaki et Inoue ,1956 was
(Owada1,998),inELKU. Honshui- ShizuokaPrcflJ,zuPeninsulaY,ugashima,300n),6
examincd cl,
5. JX. 1991, H, Kobayashi leg. ,2 Iarva eco]lectcd from Ettnyal'aponic' a,15. IV. 199S, M. Owada & T,
Miyata les., em. 2 4, [2-13. VII. 1995; Aichi PreL, t{orui, Mt. Urenyama, 1 S, 2. IX. 1988, Y.
Yanagita [eg. ;Mie Pref, Miyama, Choshigawa Riv. ,150m, 3 X, 29. VIII. 1992, 2 8' ,19. IX, l992, M.
Owuda leg. ,[-?, 15. IX. 1993, Y. Koyama leg. ,ova 16 .IX. 1993, em. IO 8"8 ?, t8-24 ,XJL 1993,
second gen. ,ova 1O-20. I .[994, em. 22 6a 24 9, 21. IV,-13 .VI. 1994; Wakayama Pref, Mt, Oto-san,
Osugi-Kurozo,6 13.VIII,1986, I.Matoba leg.,NHMW, t 19,VIII. 1981, S.Gotoh leg,,
[?", cl",
Susami,Samoto, 1S.19.IX.1981, S.Gotoh leg..NHMW. Tanabe, l8',9.IX. 1990, S.Geteh leg.;
Nara Prefi M,t. Kasuga, near Nara, 1 c3n, 2S.VIII,192 1I,. Sugitan ileg ,E,LKU; Shimane Pref. H,ikjmi,
Sumigawu, 4g',IX,1999,M. Yamada lcg.Shikoku:- Ehime Pref, Kita-uwa,Umeganarutoge,3 6i,
23. VIII. 1979, K, Numaguchi Teg. ,ELEU: ShibLtkus a], cl"' ,14 ,VIII .1952, T. Kusunoki ]eg. ,ELKU;
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Kochi Pref. N,aka-Tosa. Kure. 5 X. 3. X. 1994. It. Hamaji leg. Muroto. Ilane,3 :1'. 28. IX. i991. M.
Yamamoto leg.,Nakamura, Gudo, l 26.IX. 1990,g.Suda leg.,TosashiniizuO,tani,1tt"1,4.VI.
oL
1972,Noda leg.Kyushui - Ful<uokaPrcf,.Mt. Sarukuruyama,3d",27.VIII,1997,K. Ueda leg..
KNIIM; Saga PretL,Tosu. Mt. Kusenbusun, 4 7.X. 199].T. Ichibale.u.Ta.radakc Mts..
ci'.
Taranakayama. 540m, 2 ･cL 27. VIII. 1994, )vl .Furukawa leg ,; Nagasaki Pref, ,Omura, Kuroki, 3SOm.
2 ["f' .31. Iv'III .1995. 2 di" ,24-25. IX. 1995, K. Sibahar aleg. .Takaki, pt,I tG,okaharadake, 700-750in. 5
14,IX. 1993,Y. StK. Sibaharaleg.:OitaPrcf,.Nakatsuc.Matsubara-dam.27Um.2 8,16.IX.
c"
',
1991.Y. Yanagitaleg.:Kumameto Prcf.,Tomochi. Midorikawa-ciam.2 11, IX. ]990,1
:' 1 cl'.
22.LX.1990, M. Furukawa leE,.S,aiwa,Midorikawa. 1 15-16.VM. 1993. )v{,Furukawa leg.,Yabe.
cl'.
Naidaijin, 2 gi .(7. VIII .I99t, M, Furuka",a leg, ,Itsuk iI.lirase ,400m. 24. VIII, 1991. Y. Yanagita
leg. :rvliyazak iPref. ,KirLshima Mts,, Mt. Shiratori ,1,OOOm, 4 {;". 30, iv'111. I991. Y, Yanagita leg.,
Shirateri-onse9n0,0m, 24 61X4,rX, 1992, Y. Yanagita icg..Takachihe, Hinekagc,1 8.IX, 1992,
cl'.
Y. Yanngita leg. ,Suki, Kireilog c8,50m. 11 g. 12, iX. 1991. Y, Yanagita [cg ,2.4 S. "l -?,6. IX. 1992,
M. Ov"'ad aleg, ,oya on 10-18 .IX. 1992. em. 76 ,3" 74 ? , 31. XII. 1992-1`) ,I ,1993; Kagoshima Pre i'.,
Mt. Kurinodake .720ni.1 9 ', )".IX. 1992, K. Matsuda leg. .Miyakonejo, Tobi, 450m,3 ,{L 4. IX. I991,
Y, YanagLra leg. .Satamisaki. Hetsiika, 600m, : l6" '7.. IX. 1992. "t'. it'anagita les. ,l male, KagoshLma,
'I'.
Shibushi-fukin1. IX-X, !944, Shir6zuleg,.ELKU,
,.L
,'X"'otes, 'vTariation of local pepulation sof the subspecies stfsritanii is briefl ydiscussed in niy
preyiou spapers (Owada. 1998. 2000), Although somc feature soverlap between populatiuns .this
subspecies can be divided int othe f ol'lowin gsubgroupsi
1)lzuPeninsula(Fig,2s-.3).
I.argc smtoth (leng tohfma[e forcNNsin g3:3 38 mm). In male and fema[e w,hite bands of forewing
band hindwing broad.discocellular
and median ot' rather mark rather small.
2) Kii Peninsuia A,iehi and Shikoku (Figs .4-5).
Stnal lmoth (lengt hefi'ore",in.g 27 34 min in male. 32 mm in t'emale) .In male and female w,hite
bands offbrexs,ing and mcdian band ofhindw{nb, narrow, discoccliul muarrk smal].
3) Hiroshima (Fig .8),
Melanic moth (leng toh{' maie fbrewing /29-33 mm) (ONN･ad a2,000).
4) Oki Island sS.himanc, Okjneshima ls .CFukuoka) and Tsushima.
I.arg emeth (leng tohf ft)re"'in g29 -34 mm in maie. 28-34 mm in female). In male and l'emale.
white bands of fore"'i anndg median band ot' hindvv' ivenryg, broad ,discocellu mlarakr large.
5) Kyushu and Yamaguchi (Fig s6,-7},
Large moth {leng tehf tbrewing 30-34 mm in malc, 32- 35 mm in fcmalc) .In mu]e and femalc,
whiie bands of fbrewing and mcdian band ofhindwing rather broad ,discoceHula mrark vcry large.
Lijt cty['le. Univoltin eH,ibernate sin a lr'ou nlgarva lstage at Yugashima, the Izu Peninsula a,nd
Aichi and Mie (Nishiha r1a9.92},
Photoperiodisfn, Mature lan'a ediapaus eat 250C in aLong duyiengt hcondition ( 14L1OD) (Miyata,
unpublished} in their cocoons.
i)iurna tactivit.i ,in adults. Males are well attractcd to ligh rtraps, while females arc scarce,
Femaies and malcs werc rarei>' eoltected on such a white sma]i cluster t]o"'er sas FagolJ.l,･rum
escttlennttn. I have nevcr secn thc moth flyin gin the daytimc.
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3. subsp. masatakasaroi.' 4. subsp. tomoki{nii: 5. subsp. katnqy' i6i, ;subsp. sakaguchii/ 7. subsp. azzunai; g. subsp.
okinavt'clna.
Eter"sia aedea nticromaculata lnouc, 1982
(Fig s9.-10)
E'tertt saeideaa okinaLt,ana: Inoue ,1955, p. 203, part .Nec Matsumura, 193l
Eterttsia Inoue,1982,1:292,2]2I7, 33,figs.6-7 Owada, 1989, 201,figs.
aedea micromacuktta pl, ; p,
5-6 (mule and female )2,4 (mal egenitalia) ,37 (femal geenitalia).
Di.ytrihuti Yoank.ushima Is]and o,fl' Kagoshima of Kyushu.
,Wtites'ial examined, Type series of L'terus iaaedeci micromaculata Inoue, 19g2was examined
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(Owada, 1989) ,the holotypc and paratype sin BMNH. fbur mule and one female paratypes in NSMT .
Yakushima Ls.:- Miyanoura,1 22.IX.1975,Y. Aritaleg,,Mlyanoura,Shiratani4,00-600m, 196A,
:i.
1-3.Vll.1994, 22 r. 14-16,X.1993, M. Owada leg., same loc.. 600m. 4 larva et'rom Eui?'a.icuJonica.
26,Xll.199 M5., Owada 1¢g. .em, 1 ,Sr 2'8,.IL1996 .3 5 Z, 6.III .1,3.IV. .5.IV.1996,
Notes. Small moth (leng tofh fbrcwing 25 30 mm in male, 32 mm in femalc), Though Inouc
(1982 )characterized this subspecies by the small discocellul amrark on the forewing .this character
is The band foTewingis in
statc variablc. outcr of inale reduced some specimens.
L(kt c;vc'le. Bivoltine. Four young larN･ '(aeca .3mm) were collected at the end of December on
Eutl'a.faponi ca't aShiratan iY.akushima Island.
Photopericdi.viNne,t
studied.
Diurnat activity in aditlts. Malcs arc wcll attracted to ligh ttraps .I observed sevcral moths flying
over tree crowns. Thcse moths flie dvery slow. and never rested on some lcave ser twigs. Thcrefore.
they all could be males. searching for female sF.ernale sare hardl yattracted by ligh ttraps. and collected
inthe daytime.
Eterusia aedea masatakasatoi Owada, subsp. nov.
{Fig s1.1-12)
Etertt,s' aieadea okinawana (sens uInoue, 1955): Arita, l962, p. 31 .
Etentsi aaedea okinawana: Inouc. 1982. 1: 292, part.
Eteru.y iaaedea tnicromacutata: Owada, I989. pp. 201-202, part.
Eterusi aaedea subsp.: Owada et aL. [1995 f]t) 1r994. p. 205, ['ig 3s ,4,
Distributio nN.akanoshima Islan d{th eTokara Group), the northern Ryukyus.
T-]e series. Helotype. 1 6' "J'a.pan, Ryukyus. Tokara Group, Nakanoshima ts. ,Nanatsuyama,
100m. M. Ow･ada Icg. ,ova on 28-30. X. 1992, em. 12. I ,1993. Paratypes:- Nakanoshima Is,.3c?,
23 29. V. I962, M. Sat6 leg. ,Nakanoshima Is. ,SE of Mt. Otake. 330m. 17 X. 14. VI, 1993, E of Mt.
Otake,220m 14 15.Vl. 1993, locality1, 24.X. 1992,M. Owada lcg..Nakanoshima ls.,
[.Z same (T',
Nanatsuyaina ,100m,2 \,15-16. VI, 1993, 1 g',26 ,X, 1992, M. Owada leg. .same data as holotype,
11 ,g '16 4,cm. on 8- 19. I .!993.
Thc holotypc and parat>,p casrc prescrve din the Nationa lScience Museum, Tokyu.
Diagnosis .Similar to subsp. micromaculata from Yakushima ls. Larger {lengt hof forewing
26- 30 mni in malc. 35 37 mm in female) .Ground colour of forewing moss-green, paler than that ef
band fbre"'inbgroaderd;iscocellular largcr; band
micromacttlata: outer of mark inedian white of
hindw'ingbreader.
Notes. Inoue (1982) included this population in subsp. okinavt,ana (sens lunouc, 1982, nec
Matsumura, 1931) .I transferred i tto subsp. tnicromacutata (Owada ,1989) ,and then pointed out that
thc populatio nofNakanoshima Island vu'as differen ntot onty from that of Amami-oshima Island ,but
also from that of "f'akushima Islan d(Owada er at.. [1995]).
Thrce males of this populatio nwere firs tcollected by Dr. M. Sat6, to wbom this subspecics is
dedicated.
Lijt? Bivoltinc.
q)cle.
Pht)toperiodi. sN'omt. studied.
Diurnat activit.i ,in adutts. Malcs arc well attracted to ligh ttraps, I collected three female sat
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Nk.Oppadake,C Okinawals.t.iS". 21-22,Zamami Ls,,Kcrama Group,S,'";' 23. Is..Kerama (}roup.8':
24- 2S., subsp. a:･r miai. Kum ejim a t s,,8{ho lotype),? / 2 6-3I, su bsp, c)ki nawa na, . Z･6 27. Is higa ki is. ,6 ' ?" , 2g -29,
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Nanatsuyama in July and October in thc daytimc ,and observed some more moths which flie ldik cthe
females collected. I have never observed such a male flyin gover tree crowns in the daytime as those of
tnicromaculata from Yakushima Is.
Eterusia aettea temok"nii Owada, 1989
(Figs13.-l4)
Eterusi aaedea okinawana: Inoue ,1982, 1: 292, 2: 217, part ,pl ,33.
Eteivsia aectea tomokttnii Owada, 1989, p. 202-203, figs .6--7 ,24, 37,
Di,gtributi oAnm.ami-oshima Tsland, the central RyukyLis.
Materiat examined. Type series of LJterusi aaedea tomokunii Owada,1989 was examined, in
NSMT. Amami-oshima Is.:- Mt.Yuwandake, 400m, 9 2 \,6-8.V. 1992,M. Owada& M. Kimura
{?
leg. .I 8, 31, X. 199S, M. Owada ]eg. .Sumiyougawa, Riv. 250m, 2 8, 6-8.V.1992, M. Owada leg. ,17
85 ?, 30-3I. X. 1995, M, Owada & M. Kimura leg. ,ova on 2-4. XI, 1995, bred in ca, 12L, 15l 8
160 -?, cm. on 22. I,-6 .II .1996, brcd in ca. 14L to 26. II .1996, ca. 12L from 26. II. ,33 {{A 36 ?, em,
on 25. III,-3 0IV.. 1996 ,Santaro-to g45e0,m, 6 cl"2 9, 6-8. V, l992, M. Owada & M. Kimura Ieg.,
9-12.V. 1992.118 10?,em. 20.X.-I3,XI. 1992,Setouchi,Hatsuno,13,1.XI. 1995,
ova on on
M. Owada leg.,Yuwan,I 6n,21,IV. I954,J,Fukuileg,ELEU, Mt.Yuwandake,1?, 8.V. 1997,A,
Oda leg.,ELEU.
IVote ,Sy.mallcs mtoth (lcng tohf forewin g19--3 0mm in malc, 19--3 0mm in female )T.he ground
colour of the forewing of this subspecies is reddish brown or dark green, darker than those of
micromaeulata and masatakasatoi. In the fbrewing ,the median white band is margined wjth bluc black
in some specimen, and the outer white band is more reduced than that ofmicromac'utata. The blackish
isbroader.
margin ofhindwing
Lij? ci})cl eB.ivoitine.
Photoperiodism .Maturc larva ediapause undcr a long daylengt hcondition (l4LlOD) at 22-25eC
in their cocoons,
Diurnal activioi in adults. Malcs fly actively in the daytimc .flyin gover tree crowns and
searching for females .A few males were attracted to ligh ttraps, Females ulso fly in the daytime ,but
not so active as males,
Eterusi aaedea hamnjii Owada, subsp. nov.
(Figs15.--16)
Distribuiio nT.okunoshima Is. ,the central Ryukyus.
7]Lve series. Holotype, ai ,Japan, Ryukyus, Tokunoshima Is. ,Boma, 250m, M. Owada Ieg. ,ova
5-10. XI. 1992, em. 16. I .1993. ParaBpes. Tokunoshima Is. : Imurogawa Riv.,2819,30. IV,
1992,H. Hamaji leg.,Mikyo, 150m, 58n29,31.X-1. XI. 1992,M. Owada leg.,Boma, 35 r9 9-,
31. X.-1. XI. 1992, M. Owada leg .s,ame data a$ holotyp eI,02 8 r08 9- ,em. 11-30. I .1993, 19 g7
?,2-3.XI.1995,M. Owada )cg,M,t,Inokawadake,14,25.XI,l993,R.ImaiIeg.
The holotype and paratype sare preserve din the National Science Museum, Tokyo.
Diagnosis .A litt llearge rthan tomokunii Lcngth of fbrewing 20--3 0mm in ma]e, 27-32 mm in
femalc .Ground colour of forewing reddish brown er dark green ,sometimes intermediat eb,righte trhan
that oftomokunii In forewing ,whitc markings largcr m,edian white band margined more broadly with
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blue black .a series oi' black stripes at apex in most male specimcns: in liindwing m/c.dian whitc band
much broader .terminal black margin more tinged xvith blue .xvhitc band in thc black margin broader.
Aiote. yT.his subspecies is intermediat ebetwccn t"mokitnii frot nAmami-oshima Island and
sakas,it('hii from Okinawa Island ,In ceTnparison with saka,gu(･hii. the ground colc)ur of forewing is
more liaiged "'ith green ;the whitc bands of "'ings are narrowcr: thc blue black margin of' thc median
band ft)re"'inigslessdeycloped: b]ack lessdeveloped.
white ot' apical stripes
T",o males alld one fe]nal eofthis populatio nwere collected firs bt. vN･l rH., Haniaji ,to whon] this
subspecies is dedicated,
Lifo Bix,oltinc.
cyc'te,
Pl'iotol]erioc /Nidsantiu,r clarva ediapause under long daylength condition U4LIOD) at 25`)( /in
thcircueouns<Miyata.unpublished).
1)iut'n catc'trii'itr in aditlls. Ma]es tly actively in the daytin]c ,[lyin gover trec cro"'ns and
scarching for femalcs .gX few malcs ",cre attractcd to ligh ttraps, Fcmales also fly in thc da],,'ti biuntc.
ure not so aetive as niales.
Eterusia aedea saA:"guchii ts/taTsuni u1r9a3. 1
(Figs .17 23)
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Etcv'us iaaedea ab. sakagtrehii NlaTsutnur a,L927. p. 83. pl .3. fig .9, named as an abnorinal forrti,
unavailablc.
Etei'iisi aaedea i lsakagi"'hii/ )vaatsumura .I931. p. 988, fig. r,egarded as a geographical form.
available.
+: t t
a- E/tei't taseideafi t)kinawana t .sc;kttgucViiii Biyk. 1936. p. 208, infrasubspecif iucna.vailablc.
Eienisi actede[t t)kinaTt'ana: lnoue .1955. p.. 203, part ;Inoue .1982, 1: 292. 2: 217. part .pl .33, figs .8-9.
Nec N4atsumura, 1931.
Etei'u. vtkretdect sakagttc'hiii Oxs,ada .19S9. p, 2C)3-204 ,figs .8 (holety'p¢ ) -10. 25-26 (male gcnitalia).
38 {female genita[ia).
Disii'ihuti (O,kni,nawa Islan dand the Kerama Group (Tokashik iis ･an.d Zamami Is. }t,he central
RvJu.k･yus.
iWateJ'ial examied, Holotypc of E]tef'us ittaedea sakag,uchii Matsumura, 1931 was cxamined
{Owada, 19g9) .Okinawa Is.i- Okinuwa-shi. Ikehara .1 ,i'3 Y . 13 ,XII. 2000. ry4 .Kimura leg.:
Gushikawa. Enobi. 2 6" '],5, VI. 2000, S. Inada leg. :Ishikawa, Yamashiro, 8 g' .5, IV. 1996. 2 6' "9'.,
L'v '].994. M. Kimura leg. ;Ishikawa ,Ishik"wa-kogen .ova IO. IV. 1996, ex M. Kimura. 12 S" 1'1 Ei l cni.
. . -o , .- ,'. ,
8-L9. VII, 1996: Km. 3 (･:' .9. IV. 1994. M. Kimura les, ,3, o" 1 x- , 1i, XI. 199)" .M. Owada & M.
Kimura les, .I.arva (7 mm) )r .'v'. 1994. )v lO.wada leg. ,1 - U.{ em. 3. VIII .1994. ova 12. Xl. 1995, 3 S' 2"
?,em. 2S. 1.-2 .II .I996; Ginoza. Matsuda. 1 X, 'g1'. B. IV. 1995. M. Kimura ]cg. :Nas,o, Hanc.ji,
2 O･Om.2 9.1O .XI. 1995. M, Owada leg. .ova 12 .Xl,. 12 cll '28 Vi'.cm, 31. I.-6 ,tl ,1996; Nago, Haneji
Dam. 100m, 3 X. '2.9, VII. 1999, M. C)xvad aleg. :Nago, Mt. Tanodake. 300m,2 tt "S.. V. 1994, M.
Owada leg, ;Motobu, Mt. itJaedake, 25.0m. 7 ,?". g, V. 1994. Dt, 10.wada les, .1.0 6i'6a .Ie, XI. 1995.
M. Owada lcg. .ox･a 1 1 13. Xl., 87 6" 92 4. em, 26. [ .2 ･5. III .1996; Nakijin ,Ml. Oppadake, 4 6' 130.
X. 19S7. K. Funahashi leg.; Nakijin. Mt. Oppadake. 200m. 5 9 . 8. V. 1994. M. Owada leg, .ova t8 22.
V.. r )e. 1'0 Sl' /c.m. 29. Vll.-13. Vlll .1994, samc locali t6y .L5"'4\. 6. Xl. 1995, M. O",uda lcg. .ova
7-9, XI., 12L12D. 32 ,S ,2"0 l'-,e m23.. I.-2 .". 1996. 14LIOD til l26. II .1996, 1 c'7'2 \.etn .6-16. II.
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Fig .32. DisLributi omanp ot'E. a. sakagttchii. Circtc ,notthern Okinasva pepulations: square. central Okinawa popututions;
triungle.Keramapopulations.
1996, 18 8 l6 \, em. 25. III,-2 I3V.. 1996 ;Ogimi, Nuuha, 250m, 2 9, 4. V. 1992, M. Owada leg, ,9,
XI. I993, M. Kimura leg. ,2 r3 4, 9. IX. 1995, M. Owada & M. Kimura leg. ,ova 10-12. XI. 1995,
14LIOD til l26. IL 1996, then 12L12D, 49 c7i 72 4,em. 25. ITT.- 8I.V. 1996, I2L under. 11 cla 19 51,
em. 26-27 .Il ,1996; Kunigami, Hijigawa Riv. ,1 6" ,10. XI, 1995, M. Owada leg. ;Kunigami, Mt,
Yonahadake, 4eOm, 1 9, ]9. X. 1991, N. Bito lcg. ,ova 20. X-15. XI., 15 6n 32 -V- e,m. 30. XII.-29 .I.
1992,i5S4 Y,2-4.Xl.1991,M, Owada & H. Kobayashileg.,4 \, 3-4, V. 1992, M, Owada leg.,
ova 7- 9. V., ] X, em. i7. VII. 1992, 8 r, 20-30. X 1992, 1 8' ,16. IV. 1991, Y, Okushima leg.;
Kunigami, Okuni-rindo ,1 6n ,12. X. 1990, H. Kobayashi leg. ,Kunigami. Fungawa, ova 1 .XI, 1997,
12L12D, 24 820 9, em, 5-17. I. 1998, 12,5Ll1.5D, 19 879, cm. 9-23. L 1998, 13Ll ID, 12 c?4 {l,
em. 23. I .4. VL 1998, 13.5LIO,5D (12L12D from 3. III. ),15 c{n 16?, em. 6. IVrl. V. 1998,
13,5L10,5D (I2Ll2 Dfi･o mt2. V.) ,5 89 \, em. 20. V.-19. VL 1998, 14L1OD (12L12 Dfrom 12. V.).
7 ci"7 9, em. 19-28. VI. 1998. Kerama Group: -- Tokashiki Is. ,Aharen. 1 8, 29-31. X. 1989. M.
Owada leg.,I 20. IV. 1993, M. Kimura leg.;Zamami Is.,Mt. Takatsukiyama,9 g,20.X,
cl", cii1
2000, M. Kimura & M. Sat6 leg. o,va 3. XI. 2000 ,28 8 20 9. em, 25. I.-1O .V. 2001.
Nbies. Length of forewing, 25-34 mni in male, 24-34 mm in female. A litt llearge rthan in
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