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Princess Gifu Butterfly, Luehdorfia puziloi ssp. inexpecta (Sheljuzhko, 1913).
Hakuba 760m. Nagano Prefecture, Honschu, Japan d. 11 May 2025. Photografer: Pamela Donaldson

Princess Gifu Butterfly, Luehdorfia puziloi ssp. inexpecta (Sheljuzhko, 1913).

Luehdorfia puziloi is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae.

Flighttime: Spring.

Foodplants: The larvae feed on Wild Ginger, Asarum sieboldii and Asiasarum species.

Range: It is found in Manchuria, the Russian Far East (Ussuri), North Korea, South Korea, Japan and the Kuriles.

Similar Subspecies:
Luehdorfia puziloi ssp. puziloi (Erschoff, 1872). (south-eastern Russia).
L. p. coreana (Matsumura, 1927). (Korea).
L. p. inexpecta (Sheljuzhko, 1913). (Japan).
L. p. jezoensis (Matsumura).
L. p. lenzeni (Bryk, 1938). (China)
L. p. lingjangensis (Lee, 1982). (China)
L. p. machimuraorum (Fujioka, 2003), (south-eastern Russia)
L. p. yessoensis (Rothschild, 1918). (Japan (Hokkaido).

Similar species:
Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872). Manchuria, Ussuri, N.Korea, Japan, Kurile Is.
Luehdorfia chinensis (Leech, 1893). Japan. Shaanxi, Henan.
Luehdorfia taibai (Chou, 1994). Mt. Taibaishan. Shaanxi Province, China.
Luehdorfia japonica (Leech, 1889). Japanese Luehdorfia. Honshu, Japan, China, Taiwan/Formosa.
Luehdorfia bosniackii (Rebel). Fossil form.

Tribe Luehdorfiini Grote, 1899;
Allancastria (Bryk, 1934). — 5 spp.
Sericinus (Westwood, 1851). — 1 sp.
Zerynthia (Ochsenheimer, 1816). — 3 spp.
Luehdorfia (Crüger, 1878). — 5 spp.
Bhutanitis (Atkinson, 1873). — 6 spp.

GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
World distribution:
Princess Gifu Butterfly, Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872).

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began as the Master's final project of Nate Agrin, Jessica Kline,
and Ken-ichi Ueda at UC Berkeley's School of Information in 2008.
Princess Gifu Butterfly, Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872).

GBIF: Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
World distribution:
Japanese Luehdorfia, Luehdorfia japonica (Leech, 1889).

íNaturalist.org
began as the Master's final project of Nate Agrin, Jessica Kline,
and Ken-ichi Ueda at UC Berkeley's School of Information in 2008.
Japanese Luehdorfia, Luehdorfia japonica (Leech, 1889).

Pam's Butterflies by Pamela Donaldson
ain Japanese Luehdorfia, Luehdorfia japonica (Leech, 1889).

Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872). Manchuria, Ussuri, N.Korea, Japan, Kurile Is.
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Hiroaki Takenouchi 16 may 2022
Luehdorfia puziloi - this lovely female (both photos showing the same specimen) was laying a cluster of eggs under the leaf of Asiasarum sieboldii for a good 20 min. I saw her at one of the only few localities where both L. puziloi and L. japonica are found side by side. Well, it is certainly possible to see both there on the same day but this time
I only saw one L. japonica (Leech, 1889). (and failed to get any decent shot) while I saw quite a few L. puziloi.
The last time I was there, I saw just the one butterfly and it was actually a hybrid between the two species (rare but not unknown).
I have a sneaky feeling this one also has a bit of L. japonica blood in it too. Nagano, Japan 15 May 2022.

Luehdorfia puziloi (Erschoff, 1872). Manchuria, Ussuri, N.Korea, Japan, Kurile Is.
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