It turned out that the big butterfly “Asagi Madara” that flew to Tsumagoi Village, Gunma Prefecture final summer time was later confirmed on Amami Oshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, 1,200 kilometers away.
Chestnut tiger butterflies migrate all through Japan every season, and are additionally referred to as “traveling butterflies”.
Chestnut tiger butterflies are massive butterflies with wingspans of about 10 centimeters. They are additionally referred to as “traveling butterflies” as a result of they migrate throughout the Japanese archipelago in quest of habitat every season. To do.
In August of final 12 months, locals took half in an occasion to mark the date on the feathers of chestnut tiger butterflies that flew in. They marked 40 butterflies and returned them to nature.