Antigius butleri

Antigius butleri in Pryer, 1886.

Antigius butleri, ♀, Japan.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Antigius
Species: Antigius butleri
Subspecies: A. b. butleri – A. b. kurinodakensis – A. b. oberthueri

Name

Antigius butleri (Fenton, [1882])

Type locality: Japan, Hokkaido, Hakodaté

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Thecla butleri Fenton, [1882]: 853; Pryer, 1886: 16,pl.4 fig.13.
• Zephyrus butleri (Fenton); Leech, 1893: 393.
• Zephyrus adachii Matsumura, 1919: 714, pl.53 fig.5. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.8.
• Zephyrus butleri souyoensis Doi, 1931: 48. Synonymy in Bridges, 1994: IX.8.
• Zephyrus butleri melanochloe (form) Watari, 1932: 236. Infrasubspecific.
• Zephyrus butleri connexa (form) Watari, 1932: 237. Infrasubspecific.
• Antigius butleri daisena (ab.) Hirose, 1933: 35, fig.5. Infrasubspecific.
• Antigius butleri daisensis (ab.) Fujioka, 1975: 290. Incorrect spelling of daisena.
• Antigius butleri (Fenton); Shirozu, 1962: 146; Koiwaya, 2007: 100.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Doi, H., 1931. A new subspecies of Zephyrus butleri Fenton from Korea. Journal of the Chosen natural History Society [Keijo] (12): 48. Reference page. 
• Fenton, M., [1882]. In Butler & Fenton Descriptions of Japanese butterflies. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881(4): 851–855. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hirose, K., 1933. Some new aberrant forms of Japanese butterflies. Transactions of the Kansai Entomological Society [Osaka] 4: 35–37, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S., 2007. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. 1: 1–300 2: pls 1-256. Mushi-Sha, Tokyo, Japan. ISBN 978-4-943955-05-4. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S., 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 3, 475-742, Pls. 26-53. Reference page. 
• Pryer, H. J. S., 1886. Rhopalocera Nihonica: a description of the butterflies of Japan, Edn.1: 12 pp, 3 pls; Edn.2: xiii +35pp, 10pls. BHL1, Pls.1, BHL2, Pls.2. Yokohama. Reference page. 
• Shirôzu, 1962. Evolution of the food−habits of larvae of the Thecline butterflies. Tyo to Ga 12(4): 144-162. PDF. Reference page. 
• Watari, S.M., 1932. On two new forms of Zephyrus butleri Fenton Zephyrus 4(4): 235-237. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ウスイロオナガシジミ

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