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dc.contributor.authorIWATA, Masakien
dc.contributor.authorMATSUMOTO-ODA, Akikoen
dc.contributor.authorOTAKI, Joji M.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-06-07T00:11:52Z-
dc.date.available2018-06-07T00:11:52Z-
dc.date.issued2018-06-
dc.identifier.issn0285-1601-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2433/231404-
dc.description.abstractUrbanization and environmental pollution have increasingly become important issues in African countries. For environmental risk management, it is important to conduct field surveys for potential surrogate species and establish their ecotoxicological rearing experiments. A rearing system for the pale grass blue butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) has been successfully employed in Japan for the assessment of human-living environments, including rural and urban areas. A phylogenetically related species, the African grass blue butterfly Zizeeria knysna, lives in human residential environments widely in African countries. Thus, this species is potentially useful as a similar bioindicator in Africa. This paper reports the establishment of a simple and economical rearing system for Zizeeria knysna as well as some morphological traits of the immature and adult stages of this species. Females were obtained in central Kenya and confined in a meshed cage where eggs were readily obtained. Hatched larvae were reared on a natural host plant Oxalis corniculata. The failure rate of eclosion from pupae to adults was 6.5%, and the reared adult individuals showed normal color patterns, demonstrating the high efficiency of this rearing system. The rearing method for Zizeeria knysna in the present study may provide a basis for future human-living environmental assessments in Africa.en
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dc.language.isoeng-
dc.publisherThe Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityen
dc.publisher.alternative京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センターja
dc.rightsCopyright by The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University, June 1, 2018.en
dc.subjectEnvironmental assessmenten
dc.subjectIndicator speciesen
dc.subjectKenyaen
dc.subjectRearing methoden
dc.subjectZizeeria knysnaen
dc.subject.ndc240-
dc.titleRearing the African Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria knysna: Toward the Establishment of a Bioindicator in African Countriesen
dc.typejournal article-
dc.type.niitypeJournal Article-
dc.identifier.ncidAA10626444-
dc.identifier.jtitleAfrican Study Monographsen
dc.identifier.volume39-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage69-
dc.identifier.epage81-
dc.textversionpublisher-
dc.sortkey03-
dc.addressThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyusen
dc.addressGraduate School of Tourism Sciences, University of the Ryukyusen
dc.addressThe BCPH Unit of Molecular Physiology, Department of Chemistry, Biology and Marine Science, Faculty of Science, University of the Ryukyusen
dc.identifier.selfDOI10.14989/231404-
dcterms.accessRightsopen access-
datacite.awardNumberJP23405016-
dc.identifier.pissn0285-1601-
jpcoar.funderName日本学術振興会ja
jpcoar.funderName.alternativeJapan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)en
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