Howarthia cheni

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: Howarthia
Species: Howarthia cheni

Name

Howarthia cheni I. Chou & M. Wang, 1996

Type locality: China, Guangdong, Ruyuan County.

Holotype: NWAU

Synonymy

• Zephyrus melli Saigusa, 1983: 10, fig. 3.
• Chrysozephyrus scintillans (Leech, [1893]); Tong et al., 1993: pl.52 figs 495-496.
• Howarthia melli (Saigusa); Koiwaya, 1993: 14, figs 88,95; Chou, 1994: 628; I. Chou et al., 1999 (in part).
• Howarthia cheni I. Chou & M. Wang, 1996: 141–144, fig.1; Hsu (et al.), 2004: 653–666, figs 5-8, 29-34 & 42-43; Koiwaya, 2007: 135, figs 68-1, 68-5 to 68-7, 204, 337.
• Howarthia melli fujiokai Koiwaya, 2000: 2–9, figs 23-24 (partim); Koiwaya, 2001: 4–17, figs 49-51 (partim).
• Howarthia melli melli Koiwaya, 2000: 2–9, figs 27-28 (partim).
• Chrysozephyrus nigroapicalis Howarth, 1957: 242; Jiang, 2001 (partim).

References

• Chou, I. & Gu, 1994. In Chou I. (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium 1-2, Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou. Reference page. 
• Chou, I. & Wang, M. 1996. A new species of the genus Howarthia Shirozu et Yamamoto (Lepidoptera: Lycae­nidae) from China. Entomotaxonomia, 18(2): 141–144. Reference page. 
• Chou, I. 1999. An Illustrated Handbook of Chinese Butterflies. Zhengzhou: Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, 1-385. Reference page. 
• Koiwaya, S., 1989, 1993, 1996. Studies of Chinese butterflies 1 2 3. 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. 
• Saigusa, T., 1983. The Zephyrus Hairstreaks of the World. The Nature and Insects 18(12): 4-11. Reference page. 
• Saigusa, T. and Ogadiri, K., 2000. Recent advances in studies of the "Zephyrus" Hairstreaks (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Gekkan-Mushi, (348): 2-9. Reference page. 
• Tong, X.-S. et al., 1993. Butterfly fauna of Zhejiang [in Chinese], Zhejiang Science & Technology.