<調査>沖縄県で記録された蝶類及びシロアリ類
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[Synopsis] Investigations of butterflies and termites were conducted partly on Okinawa Island, but mainly on islands in the Yaeyama Island group including Ishigaki and Iriomote, Okinawa Prefecture, between 24th and 29th March and between 20th and 25th December, 2008. In this report, the observation records and data of the individuals collected during the investigations will be presented. Geographically, the Yaeyama Islands are located nearer to Taiwan than to Okinawa Island and many species among its biota are closer to Southeast Asia’s than those of Japan's main islands. Some butterflies that inhabit the areas where typhoons develop, in particular, fly in along with the passage of the typhoons every year, and produce new generations of their species there. Those species were also identified in the investigations. Fifty-one species of butterflies and six species of termites were observed, some of which were collected during the investigations. All the butterfly specimens to be reported as collection records are kept in the Department of Environment Management, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University.