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Profile Information

Affiliation: University of the Ryukyus

J-GLOBAL ID: 201801001027227133
researchmap Member ID: B000309639

Research Interests

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Research Areas

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Research History

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Aug, 2021 - Present

Research Planning Office, University of the Ryukyus
Jun, 2017 - Aug, 2021

Center for Research Advancement and Collaboration, University of the Ryukyus

Papers

27

Metabolomic Profiles of the Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata in Radioactively Contaminated Fields in Fukushima: Dose-Dependent Changes in Key Metabolites.

Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M Otaki

Life (Basel, Switzerland), 12(1), Jan 13, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Metabolomic Response of the Creeping Wood Sorrel Oxalis corniculata to Low-Dose Radiation Exposure from Fukushima's Contaminated Soil.

Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Joji M Otaki

Life (Basel, Switzerland), 11(9), Sep 20, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Nutrient Imbalance of the Host Plant for Larvae of the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly May Mediate the Field Effect of Low-Dose Radiation Exposure in Fukushima: Dose-Dependent Changes in the Sodium Content.

Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Mariko Toki, Masakazu Tsuhako, Kazuo Umetsu, Joji M Otaki

Insects, 12(2), Feb 9, 2021 Peer-reviewed
The pale grass blue butterfly in ex-evacuation zones 5.5 years after the Fukushima nuclear accident: Contributions of initial high-dose exposure to transgenerational effects

Ko Sakauchi, Wataru Taira, Atsuki Hiyama, Tetsuji Imanaka, Joji M. Otaki

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 23(1) 242-252, Apr, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Overwintering States of the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) at the Time of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident in March 2011.

Sakauchi K, Taira W, Toki M, Iraha Y, Otaki JM

Insects, 10(11), Nov, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Tolerance of High Oral Doses of Nonradioactive and Radioactive Caesium Chloride in the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria maha

Gurung Raj D, Taira Wataru, Sakauchi Ko, Iwata Masaki, Hiyama Atsuki, Otaki Joji M

INSECTS, 10(9), Sep, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Developmental and hemocytological effects of ingesting Fukushima's radiocesium on the cabbage white butterfly Pieris rapae

Taira Wataru, Toki Mariko, Kakinohana Keisuke, Sakauchi Ko, Otaki Joji M

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 9, Feb 22, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead author
Sampling efficiency of the pale grass blue butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): A versatile indicator species for environmental risk assessment in Japan

Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Ko Sakauchi, Joji M. Otaki

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 21(2) 609-615, Jun 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Robustness and radiation resistance of the pale grass blue butterfly from radioactively contaminated areas: A possible case of adaptive evolution

Chiyo Nohara, Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Joji M. Otaki

Journal of Heredity, 109(2) 188-198, Mar 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Current status of the blue butterfly in Fukushima research

Joji M. Otaki, Wataru Taira

Journal of Heredity, 109(2) 178-187, Mar 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Morphological abnormality rate of the pale grass blue butterfly Zizeeria maha (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in southwestern Japan: A reference data set for environmental monitoring

Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Mayo Iwasaki, Ko Sakauchi, Masaki Iwata, Joji M. Otaki

Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 20(4) 1333-1339, Dec 1, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Geographical distribution of morphological abnormalities and wing color pattern modifications of the pale grass blue butterfly in northeastern Japan

Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Mayo Iwasaki, Ko Sakauchi, Raj Gurung, Joji M. Otaki

ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 20(1) 100-110, Jan, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Comparative Morphological Analysis of the Immature Stages of the Grass Blue Butterflies Zizeeria and Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Raj D. Gurung, Masaki Iwata, Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Bernard Degnan, Sandie Degnan, Joji M. Otaki

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 33(4) 384-400, Aug, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Butterfly Wings Are Three-Dimensional: Pupal Cuticle Focal Spots and Their Associated Structures in Junonia Butterflies

Wataru Taira, Joji M. Otaki

PLOS ONE, 11(1) e0146348, Jan, 2016 Peer-reviewedLead author
Distal-less induces elemental color patterns in Junonia butterfly wings.

Dhungel B, Ohno Y, Matayoshi R, Iwasaki M, Taira W, Adhikari K, Gurung R, Otaki JM

Zoological letters, 2 4-4, 2016 Peer-reviewed
Ingestional and transgenerational effects of the Fukushima nuclear accident on the pale grass blue butterfly

Wataru Taira, Atsuki Hiyama, Chiyo Nohara, Ko Sakauchi, Joji M. Otaki

JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH, 56 I2-I18, Dec, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead author
Body size distributions of the pale grass blue butterfly in Japan: Size rules and the status of the Fukushima population

Wataru Taira, Mayo Iwasaki, Joji M. Otaki

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 5 12351, Jul, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead author
The Lycaenid Central Symmetry System: Color Pattern Analysis of the Pale Grass Blue Butterfly Zizeeria maha

Masaki Iwata, Wataru Taira, Atsuki Hiyama, Joji M. Otaki

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 32(3) 233-239, Jun, 2015 Peer-reviewed
Spatiotemporal abnormality dynamics of the pale grass blue butterfly: three years of monitoring (2011-2013) after the Fukushima nuclear accident

Atsuki Hiyama, Wataru Taira, Chiyo Nohara, Mayo Iwasaki, Seira Kinjo, Masaki Iwata, Joji M. Otaki

BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 15 15, Feb, 2015 Peer-reviewed
The Marginal Band System in Nymphalid Butterfly Wings

Wataru Taira, Seira Kinjo, Joji M. Otaki

ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 32(1) 38-46, Jan, 2015 Peer-reviewedLead author

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Misc.

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Rdioactive contamination effects on the pale grass blue

Wataru Taira

THE JAPAN BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION SOCIETY NEWSLETTER, (26) 10-17, Jul, 2018 Invited
The first record of Hypena strigatus (Fabricius, 1775) (Noctuidae, Hypeninae) from Iriomote-jima Is., Japan and its new host plants

MIYAGI Akino, TAIRA Wataru

YADORIGA, 2015(244) 46-46, 2015

Books and Other Publications

1

琉球列島の自然講座 : サンゴ礁・島の生き物たち・自然環境

琉球大学理学部, 琉球列島の自然講座, 編集委員会

ボーダーインク, 2015 (ISBN: 9784899822721)

Presentations

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Both laboratory work and field work are required to understand the pale grass blue butterfly in Fukushima: a possibility of field effects to be considered.

Taira W, Sakauchi K, Toki M, Yamashito Y, Grung R, Otaki J

Oct, 2020 Invited

Teaching Experience

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Research Projects

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放射性セシウムの化学的性質及びカリウムチャネルへの作用を考慮した生物影響評価

科学研究費助成事業若手研究, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

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