Chrysozephyrus kabrua

Chrysozephyrus kabrua from original description.

Chrysozephyrus kabrua ♂, Taiwan

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: Chrysozephyrus
Species: Chrysozephyrus kabrua
Subspecies: (5 named) per Koiwaya, 2007.
C. k. aungseini – C. k. kabrua – C. k. niitakanus – C. k. philipi – C. k. ueharai

Name

Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler, 1915).

Type locality: India, Manipur, Kabru.

Syntypes: BMNH

Synonymy

• Zephyrus kabrua Tytler, 1915: 128, pl.4 fig.41.
• Chrysozephyrus scintillans taiwanus ♂,♀ (form) Matsumura, 1931. Synonymy in Koiwaya, 2007: 221.
• Zephyrus scintillans formosana Matsumura; Esaki, 1932: 969, fig.1910. Synonymy in Koiwaya, 2007: 221.
• Neozephyrus kabrua (Tytler); Howarth, 1957: 243, figs 4,5 genit., figs 50,60 ♀.
• Chrysozephyrus kabrua (Tytler); Koiwaya, 2007: 221, figs 138-1a to 138-23b.

References

• Esaki, T. 1932. New synonyms and a homonym of Formosa butterflies. Zephyrus 4: 13–14. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S, 2000. Notes on Theclini (Lycaenidae) from North Kachin, Myanmar, with the descriptions of four new species and ten new subspecies. Notes on Eurasian Insects 3: 45-70. 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. 
• Matsumura, S. 1931. New species and new forms of butterflies from Japan. Insecta Matsumurana 6: 43–45. Reference page. 
• Morita, S., 2002. Three new subspecies of genus Chrysozephyrus (Shirozu & Yamamoto, 1956) from Sapa, N Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Futao 40: 6–8. Reference page. 
• Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl.3, pl.4. Reference page.