Last Updated: July 26, 1998

Japanese name: Tengu-cho
English name: Nettle-tree butterfly
This species occurs from the northern Africa, the southern Europe to the eastern Asia.
The Japanese name "Tengu-cho" came from the long palpi like Tengu's nose.
"Tengu" is an imaginary man-like creature with very long nose. "Cho" means butterfly.

	Akeno-mura, Kitakoma-gun, Yamanashi, Japan. June 20, 1998. Photo by T. Kumon. T98JN13M.JPG (23KB)
	Takabatake, Tsuru-shi, Yamanashi, Japan. July 5, 1997. Photo by T. Kumon. T97JL03M.JPG (25KB)
	Takabatake, Tsuru-shi, Yamanashi, Japan. July 5, 1997. Photo by T. Kumon. T97JL05M.JPG (24KB)
	Uenohara-cho, Yamanashi, Japan. June 29, 1996. Photo by T. Kumon. T96JN64M.JPG (28KB)
	Uenohara-cho, Yamanashi, Japan. June 29, 1996. Photo by T. Kumon. T96JN63M.JPG (35KB)

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Papilonidae1	Pieridae1	Nymphalidae1	Nymphalidae3	Libytheidae	lycaenidae1	lycaenidae3
Papilonidae2	Pieridae2	Nymphalidae2	Satyridae	Danaidae	lycaenidae2	Hesperiidae

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