Thermozephyrus ataxus

Thermozephyrus ataxus both sexes.

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: Thermozephyrus
Species: Thermozephyrus ataxus
Subspecies: T. a. ataxus – T. a. tsukiyamai – T. a. zulla

Name

Thermozephyrus ataxus (Westwood, 1851)

Type locality: North India, Simla.

Syntype(s): BMNH

Synonymy

• Thecla ataxus Boisduval MS. (quoted by Doubleday, 1847, and Westwood, 1851, but apparently not published).
• Dipsas ataxus Westwood, 1851: 480, pl.74 fig.7 (image only); Horsfield, 1858: 31; Hewitson, [1865]: 65, pl.26 fig.6 ♂ Uns.
• Dipsas katura Hewitson, [1865]: 65, pl.26 figs 1,2 ♀.
• Neozephyrus ataxus (Doubleday & Hewitson) [sic]; Howarth, 1957: 269, fig.45 genit.
• Thermozephyrus ataxus ataxus (Westwood); Koiwaya, 2007: 258.

References

• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Hasegawa, T. & Saito, K. 2014. Description of two new species of the subtribe Theclina (Lepidoptera : Lycaenidae) from Central Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 67: 4–11. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Horsfield, T. [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company Vol. 1 i–v, 1–14, 17–278, i–iv, 1–11; pls 1–12, 1a–6a. London. 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. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.