SCENE in the pen. 099

“Long-tailed blue”

When I visited the beach, flowers of roundleaf chastetrees were still in bloom. A small blue butterfly had come to the blue flowers. They appear in this area from autumn through to winter. In search of leguminous plants to lay their eggs, they even cross the sea. [OCTOBER 2025]

Lampides boeticus

 

尾状突起と並模様が特徴のウラナミシジミ。マメ科を食草とし、海も渡ります。春にもあらわれますが、この辺りでは、秋から冬にかけて、アサギマダラが飛来する時期と同じような頃に、多くあらわれる印象があります。