Blue admiral
Amazing fact
In the Kanto region, the blue admiral emerges as an adult from summer into autumn.
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In the Kanto region, the blue admiral emerges as an adult from summer into autumn.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Blue admiral
- Scientific name
- Kaniska canace
- Japanese name
- ルリタテハ
- Group
- Insects
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Kaniska
A brush-footed butterfly found throughout Japan. Those from the Nansei Islands in the far south are larger.
Adults gather at tree sap. They spend the winter as adult butterflies.
Its caterpillars eat plants such as greenbrier and toad lily (the plant called hototogisu).
Basic data
- Diet
- Tree sap
- Range
- Throughout Japan
Where the Blue admiral has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ルリタテハ
- 简体中文
- 琉璃蛱蝶
- 繁體中文
- 琉璃蛺蝶
- 한국어
- 청띠신선나비
- Español
- Vanesa Azul
- Français
- Amiral bleu
- Deutsch
- Blauer Admiral
- Italiano
- Blue Admiral
- Русский
- Траурница японская
- বাংলা
- ব্লু এডমিরাল
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- まちだエコライフ推進公社 — まちだのいきものたち ルリタテハChecked: 2026-11-03
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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