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AIRS Journal of Entomology
AIRS Journal of Entomology provides a platform for both professional and amateur researchers to publish studies on the taxonomy, morphology, ecology, research history, and related subjects of insects in Asia, including Japan. The journal is published twice a year.
Latest Issue
AIRS Journal of Entomology
Featuring studies on taxonomy and ecology.
First Issue — August 21, 2026
CONTENTS
Takashi Yokochi: Taxonomic reassessment of Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793) and Lexias pardalis (Moore, 1878) (Nymphalidae: Adoliadini) based on type material and nomenclatural history
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Ryosuke Ishida & Hong Thai, Pham: A new species of the genus Rutelarcha Waterhouse, 1874 (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Rutelinae) from north-central Vietnam
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Tominori Kimura: Butterfly Collections from the Langkawi Islands (1976) and the Documentation of an Unrecorded species
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Takashi Hasegawa & Kotaro Saito: Description of one new genus and a new species of the subtribe Theclina and one new species of the genus Shizuyaozephyrus Koiwaya, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from central Vietnam
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Kotaro Saito: Descriptions of a new Lycaenid species and two new Hesperiid species from Vietnam
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Short communications are also welcome if they concern insect taxonomy, morphology, ecology, the history of entomological research, or related fields.
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First, please contact us via the [Contact / Submission] section at the top right and indicate your intention to submit a manuscript. We will reply with an email containing submission instructions. After receiving the reply, please follow the procedures described in the email. Before submission, please make sure to read the Instructions for Authors.
AIRS Journal of Entomology Editorial Board
Editor-in-Chief
Akira Uno (Lepidoptera)
Associate Editor-in-Chief
Takashi Hasegawa (Lepidoptera)
Advisory Board Members
Adam M. Cotton, Thailand (Lepidoptera)
Keitaro Eda, Japan (Lepidoptera)
Yutaka Inayoshi, Thailand (Lepidoptera)
Akiko Kubota, Japan(Lepidoptera)
Yusuke Minoshima, PhD, Japan (Coleoptera)
Ken-Ichi Odagiri, Japan (Lepidoptera)
Kotaro Saito, PhD, Japan (Lepidoptera)
Shusuke Shimamoto, PhD, Japan (Hemiptera)
Akira Shimizu, PhD, Japan (Hymenoptera)
Hiroyuki Takasaki, DSc, Japan (Lepidoptera)
Pham Hong Thai, PhD, Vietnam (Lepidoptera)
Yoshinobu Uémura, Japan (Lepidoptera)
Vu Van Lien, PhD, Vietnam (Lepidoptera)
Kaoru Wada, PhD, Japan (Coleoptera)
Yasuyuki Watanabe, Japan (Nature Photographer)
External Affairs Representatives
Akiko Kubota, Japan
Takashi Miyagawa, Japan
Kotaro Saito, PhD, Japan