The large 'chestnut tiger' (アサギマダラ), a striking butterfly with blue-green marbled wings, feed on fujibakama nectar (and other flowers from the milkweed family).

Depending on the weather the insects appear from April-November, and migrate up to 1000km to their feeding sites!

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