Chestnut Tiger Butterfly in the Bush 潅木内で休むアサギマダラ

[mentalmoomin]

Wow.. I have no words at times for these creatures .. speachless xxx

[jcmegabyte]

Cool - nice footage! I caught some species similar to that in Kushu back in the early 90's - Monarch subfamily, Daninae - I thought it was very cool to see blue colored Monarch-like butterflies instead of the usual orange-cinnamon-colored ones (Monarchs). Thanks for the show!

[sigma1920]

hi, thx.

great honour to have a positive comment from a king of butterfly! :)

they are born in southern jpn and migrate all the way up to northern region every summer.

some researchers have studied the long journey by capturing, marking the date and place and releasing again one by one.

but as u can see here, this one had no markings on the wings.

[sigma1920]

they are dangerous beauty.

i mean, they are thought to be advertising their lethal weapon (toxin) toward predators with the flamboyant warning colouration throughout the developmental stages.

i like watching the grand migration by north american monarch butterflies on tv nature programs.

they are fantastic!

[ArcadianSpirit]

I hadn't seen this species before - she is beautiful!

[sigma1920]

thx for watching.

it was my second-time encounter with this beautiful species.

they are well-known for the seasonal migration along japanese archipelago.

[wildstar1]

Beautiful! 5 stars.:)

[sigma1920]

i am glad u enjoyed this vid.

they are known to store the toxic alkaloid taken from food plant as self-defense.

[wildstar1]

Awesome! Thanks for the info. they look like the species we have here called the Gulf

Fritillary.

Have a great weekend!