Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis

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 nigroapicalis
Subspecies: (4) per Koiwaya, 2007.
C. n. katsurai – C. n. khambounei – C. n. nigroapicalis – C. n. shizuyai

Name

Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis (Howarth, 1957).

Type locality: Siao-Lou, China

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Neozephyrus nigroapicalis Howarth, 1957: 242, fig.3 ♂ genit., figs 49,59.
• Chrysozephyrus scintillans; Tong, 1993: 55, pl.52 figs 497-498; Chou, 1994: 622 figs ♂ (partim.) [Misidentifications].
• Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis (Howarth); Bridges, 1994: IX.27.
• Chrysozephyrus inthanonensis; Koiwaya et al, 2003: 10, figs 50-51 (partim.) Misidentification].
• Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis nigroapicalis (Howarth); Koiwaya, 2007: 222, figs 139-1a,1b (Holotype).

References

• Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2, Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. Reference page. 
• Howarth, T. G., 1957. A revision of the genus Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) 5(6): 233–272, 105 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S. 2000. Descriptions of one new species and eight new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China. Gekkan-Mushi 348: 10–17, figs. 38-43. 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. 
• Morita, S., 2003. Eight new subspecies of Theclini (Lycaenidae) from China and Vietnam. Futao 42: 8–13. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: ツマグロミドリシジミ