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Limenitis glorifica, commonly known as the Honshu White Admiral, is a butterfly species of the family Nymphalidae. L. glorifica is endemic to the island of Honshu, in Japan,. They were intentionally introduced into New Zealand as their larvae are primarily found feeding on the leaves of Japanese honeysuckle plants.

Identification
The eggs of the Honshu White Admiral are pale yellow. The species' newly born caterpillars are brown and do not have noticeable spine protrusions on their back like those of other species; as they grow, they turn green, and spiked protrusions appear. Once the growth has finished in the individual's larval stage, the caterpillar has reached around 25mm in length and will form a light green and brown pupal case.

The Honshu White Admiral Butterfly adult is black with a white band across its wings; at the end of the wings are grey, reddish-brown, black, and white markings. The wingspan of the species is approximately 60mm. Males and females look similar.

Natural Global Range
The Honshu White Admiral Butterfly is endemic to Honshu, the island known as mainland Japan. It was released in New Zealand in 2014.

New Zealand Range
The species was initially purposefully released in Karangahake in the Waikato and began to spread. Recent sightings of the Honshu White Admiral have occurred in Tairua, Te Aroha, and Waihi Beach, all in the North Island.

Habitat preferences
The Honshu White Admiral prefers open and dry warm-temperature habitats. It can be found along hedges of suburban and rural areas, as well as in forest clearings, such as willow forests near riverbanks and field margins in open habitats. It has an altitudinal limit of 1450 meters.

Life Cycle / Phenology
The eggs of the Honshu White Admiral Butterfly are laid on honeysuckle plants in spring since they have the most successful maturation in warmer seasons, hatching after about a week. As the caterpillars grow over six weeks, they moult their exoskeleton five times to make room for their growing body. Once they have completed their larval stage, they form their pupal case suspended from a honeysuckle plant. Adults emerge after a week. The development from egg to adult takes around eight weeks in warm temperatures; adults live up to a month, and females lay 150 to 200 eggs over two to four weeks on the leaves of Japanese honeysuckle. In colder seasons, larvae hibernate once daylight hours fall below 13-14 hours, living in shelters made from leaves hanging from stems. Depending on how warm their habitat is, up to four generations can be produced a year. The Honshu White Admiral Butterfly has an intricate courtship display where the male circles the females and requires large amounts of space to do so.

Diet and foraging
The caterpillars of the Honshu White Admiral feed on the foliage of honeysuckle plants on which they are born, primarily the Japanese honeysuckle but they can also feed on Himalayan honeysuckle, and morrow honeysuckle. The caterpillar can consume, on average, 2.13 g or 5.6 leaves each. The Honshu White Admiral Butterfly adults only feed on Japanese honeysuckle.

Predators, Parasites, and Diseases
In New Zealand, few parasitoids are believed to attack the butterfly. Potential predators of the Honshu White Admiral caterpillar are invertebrates such as ants. Also, generalist predators such as praying mantids and wasps may feed on the butterfly. The possibility of Honshu White Admiral populations being affected by parasitoids is low because they only feed on the Japanese honeysuckle. Parasitism would only be possible if the parasites were close to the honeysuckle.

Other Information
The release of the Honshu white admiral into New Zealand was approved in August 2013. . The Honshu White Admiral Butterfly was introduced to New Zealand into Waikato in the spring of 2014 as a biocontrol agent against the Japanese honeysuckle plant, a pest species in New Zealand. The Japanese honeysuckle is damaged by these from it being the caterpillar's primary food source, and, in large numbers, they can defoliate plants well.

Despite being a common species in Japan, the Honshu White Admiral butterfly has had little research on it other than its distribution and plant preference as a larva.