Zizula hylax

Zizula hylax, ♀♂♂, Thailand, Sulawesi, Maluku.

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizula
Species: Zizula hylax
Subspecies: Z. h. attenuata – Z. h. dampierensis – Z. h. hylax – Z. h. pygmaea

Name

Zizula hylax Fabricius, 1775).

Type locality: India "Tranquebar".

Syntype: ♀ UZMC

Synonymy

• Papilio hylax Fabricius, 1775: 526, no. 351.
• Lycaena gaika Trimen, 1862: 403. South Africa.
• Lycaena mylica Guenée, 1862: 18. Réunion, "Bourbon".
• Lycaena cleodora Walker, 1870: 54. Egypt.
• Lycaena perparva Saalmüller, 1884: 93. Madagascar.
• Zizera gaika (Trimen); Butler, 1900: 109; Rothschild, 1915: 389.
• Zizera horii Matsumura, 1915: 67–68. Saipan.
• Zizeeria gaika (Trimen); Winter-Blyth, 1957: 285.
• Zizula gaika (Trimen); Lewis, 1974: pl. 182, fig. 10.
• Zizula hylax (Triman); D'Abrera, 1986: 651; D'Abrera, 1980: 551; Larsen, 1996: 239, pl. 4; Chou (Rd): 675; Williams, 2010, Polyommatini 1: 86.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1980. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, Lansdowne Editions, Melbourne: xx, 593 pp. Reference page. 
• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1900b. A revision of the butterflies of the genus Zizera represented in the collection of the British Museum. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 104 - 110, 1. pl.Reference page. 
• Chou Io (ed.), Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
• Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensburgi et Lipsiae. xvi+ 832 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510. BHL. Reference page. 
• Guenée, A., 1863. Lépidoptères. in Maillard, L., 1862. Notes sur l'Isle de la Réunion (Bourbon), Pt. 2, Annexe G. Paris. 72pp.
• Larsen, T.B., 1996: The Butterflies of Kenya and Their Natural History. Oxford University Press, Oxford: 1–500. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Matsumura, S., 1915. [Micronesian Butterflies]. [Japanese with English Résume] Entomological Magazine (Kyoto) 1(2): 67–68; (3): 93–96. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in Tring museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 22(2): 192–208; 22(3): 387–402. Reference page. 
• Saalmüller, M., 1884. Lepidopteren von Madagascar. 1. Abt. Rhopalocera; Heterocera: Sphinges et Bombyces. Frankfurt am Main, Senckenberg'sche naturforschende Gesellschaft, im Selbstverlag: 246pp., 6 pls. text pls; (1892, Reprint): Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 17. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1862. On some new species of South African butterflies collected in British Kaffraria by W.S.M. D'Urban Esq., during 1860–1861. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)1(4): 398–406. BHL. Reference page. 
• Walker, F. 1870. A list of the butterflies collected by J.K. Lord, Esq., in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the species new to science. The Entomologist 5: 48–57. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, 72 pls. (1982 Reprint). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tiny Grass Blue
தமிழ்: சின்னப் புல் நீலன்
中文: 長腹灰蝶

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