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From: The Fukushima nuclear accident and the pale grass blue butterfly: evaluating biological effects of long-term low-dose exposures

Figure 2

Natural behaviour of the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha adults in the field. (A, B) An adult visiting a flower that is close to the ground. Image taken by M. Iwata in the Nishihara Campus of the University of the Ryukyus. (C) An adult resting on a host plant, which is very close to ground. Image taken by W. Taira in Irabu-jima Island, Okinawa Prefecture. (D) The host plant community. Image taken by W. Taira in Hirono, Fukushima Prefecture. (E) Mating behaviour on the host plant. Image taken by W. Taira in Yatabe, Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture. (F-I) Copulation. The large adult is female, resting on the grass close to the ground. In G-I, note the male adult flying close to the ground toward the copulating female. G is a high magnification of H. Images taken by M. Iwata in the Nishihara Campus of the University of the Ryukyus.

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