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Minois nagasawae
Minois nagasawae, also known as the Nagasawa snake-eyed butterfly, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
From the article Minois nagasawae on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to Taiwan, and can be found at high altitudes in the mountains above 2500m on the main island of Taiwan, making it the butterfly species with the highest altitude habitat in Taiwan.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The larvae of this species feed on the grass species Brachypodium kawakamii and Deschampsia caespitosa.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 735901.