Pseudozizeeria maha

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pseudozizeeria
Species: Pseudozizeeria maha
Subspecies: P. m. argia – P. m. diluta – P. m. harae – P. m. kashikurai – P. m. maha – P. m. okinawana – P. m. ossa – P. m. sylvia

Pseudozizeeria maha, ♂, ♀, Nepal.

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

Name

Pseudozizeeria maha (Kollar, [1844])

Type locality: India, Mussoorie

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena maha Kollar, [1844]: 422.
• Lycaena argia Ménétriés, 1857: 125, pl.10, fig.7; synonymy in Chapman, 1910: 486. Lepindex.
• Polyommatus chandala Moore, 1865: 504, pl.31, fig.5.
• Lycaena opalina Poujade, 1885: cxliii.
• Lycaena marginata Poujade, 1885: cli.
• Plebeius albocoeruleus Röber, 1886: 59, pl.4, fig.7.
• Lycaena japonica Murray, [1875]: 167.
• Lycaena alope Fenton, [1882]: 851. TL: Japan, Hakodaté.
• Pseudozizeeria maha (Kollar); Hemming, 1967: 386.
• Pseudozizeeria maha maha (Kollar); Beuret, 1955: 125; Bridges, 1994: IX.110.

References

• Beuret, H., 1955. Zizeeria karsandra Moore in Europa und die systematische Stellung der Zizeeriinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Mitteilungen der Entomologische Gesellschaft Basel 5:123-130, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Chapman, T. 1910. On Zizeeria (Chapman), Zizera (Moore), a group of lycaenid butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 58(4): 479-497, plates LI-LX. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 28(6): 371-505; 36 Pls.; 162 Text-figs. Reference page. 
• Fenton, M., [1882]. In Butler & Fenton Descriptions of Japanese butterflies. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881(4): 851–855. BHL. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• Ménétriés, É., [1857]. Enumerato corporum animalium musei; Imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae. 1 & 2 Lepidoptera Diurna (1) 101pp; (2) 96pp. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1865. List of diurnal Lepidoptera collected by Capt. A. M. Lang in the NW Himalayas. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(2): 486-509, Pls.30,31. Reference page. 
• Murray, Rev. R. P. 1874. Notes on Japanese Rhopalocera/Butterflies, with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologist's monthly Magazine 11: 2-4, 166-172. Reference page. 
• Nakamura, 1931. A new Lycaenid butterfly, Zizeeria maha kashikurai n.subsp. Lansania 2: 113-114. Reference page. 
• Poujade, M. G-A., 1885. …la description d'une nouvelle espèce de Lépidoptères. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 1885:cxliii - cxliv. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Correspondenz-blatt des Entomologischen Vereins "Iris" zu Dresden 1(3): 45-72, Pls. 2-5. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J., Yasuda, M. & Morimoto, K. 2008. Lansania Journal of arachnology and zoology - a rare and obscure Japanese natural history journal. Archives of Natural History 35(2): 252–280. DOI: 10.3366/E0260954108000387 Reference page. 

Links

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Vernacular names

English: Pale Grass Blue
日本語: ヤマトシジミ
தமிழ்: பழுப்புப் புல் நீலன்

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