title: A. japonica
text: # A. japonica
  
  A. japonica may refer to:
  
  * Acidia japonica, a fruit fly species
  * Actinochaetopteryx japonica, a tachinid fly species
  * Acromantis japonica, the Japanese boxer mantis, a praying mantis species found in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China
  * Alauda japonica, the Japanese skylark, a bird species endemic to Japan
  * Alternaria japonica, a plant pathogen species
  * Ameromassaria japonica, a fungus species
  * Amycolatopsis japonica, a high-GC content bacterium species in the genus Amycolatopsis
  * Anguilla japonica, the Japanese eel, a fish species found in Japan, Korea, Vietnam, the East China Sea and the northern Philippines
  * Architeuthis japonica, a giant squid species
  * Ardisia japonica, a plant species native to eastern Asia, in eastern China, Japan and Korea
  * Arhopala japonica, the Japanese oakblue, a butterfly species found in Japan, Riu Kiu, the Korean Peninsula and Taiwan
  * Artemisia japonica, the otoko yomogi, a plant species in the genus Artemisia
  * Aucuba japonica, the spotted laurel, a shrub species native to Japan and China
  
  ## Synonyms
  
  * Aralia japonica, a synonym for Fatsia japonica, the fatsi or Japanese aralia, a plant species native to southern Japan
  