クロマダラソテツシジミ

地球温暖化によるのか、南方系のチョウがこの京都でも見られるようになっています。イシガケチョウ、ウラナミシジミなど。10月末から自宅ベランダの鉢植えにテリを張っているシジミチョウがいて、ウラナミシジミかと思いましたが、少し違和感を持ったので調べてみると、クロマダラソテツシジミとわかりました。このチョウも南方系のチョウで、昨年来京都府立植物園での繁殖が確認されています。とうとうこの嵐山近くにも現れました。この個体は、本来持っているはずの尾状突起が失われていますが、博物館に写真を送って同定してもらいました。かつてはソテツは民家の軒先で鉢植えのものが栽培されているのをよく見ましたが、どこにあるのでしょうか。また、南方系のチョウゆえに、冬の寒さに耐えるのかどうか、気になるところです。

Perhaps due to global warming, southern butterflies can be seen here in Kyoto--butterflies such as the Ishigakecho, the common map (Cyrestis thyodamas) and the Uranamishijimi, pea blue (Lampides boeticus). At the end of October, there was a small butterfly that had been visting potted flowers on my balcony, and I thought it was a pea blue, but I felt a little uncomfortable in my identification, so I checked the wing pattern in detail and found out that it was a Kuromadarasotetsushijimi, a cycad blue (Luthrodes pandava). This butterfly is also a southern species, and its breeding has been confirmed at the Kyoto Botanical Garden since last year. It finally appeared here near Arashiyama. This one has lost its wing tail, which it should have had, but I sent a photo of it to the museum for identification. Their answer is positive. I used to see potted cycads growing in the gardens of private houses, but I wonder where they are now. I am also wondering, with a little worry, if the butterfly are able to withstand the cold of winter because of it's southern constitution.

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Photo 2021-10-30