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Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito, 1942

Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito, 1942; Tenthredo 3 (4): 324, TS: Thecla taxila Bremer
Neozephyrus (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 93]
Neozephyrus (Theclini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 430

Neozephyrus japonicus (Murray, 1875)

NE.China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan. See [About maps] Dipsas japonicus Murray, 1875; Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 169, TL: Japan [Yokohama, Honshu]
fasciatus (Janson, 1878)
bellis (Kardakov, 1928)
unicolor (Kardakov, 1928)
sidemina (Kardakov, 1928)
?pryeri (Esaki, 1935); , TL: Japan
?harukii (Hori & Tamanuki, 1937); , TL: Sakhalin
?leechi (Esaki, 1938); , TL: Japan
?kawamotoi Murayama, 1956; , TL: Japan
Neozephirus japonicus ; [BARU, #314]
Neozephyrus japonicus ; [MRS, 620]; [BRU2: 93, pl. 51, f. 13-20]

Misidentified/misapplied:

taxila; auct. non Bremer, 1861

Larva on Alnus hirsuta, Alnus spp. [BRU2, 94]

N. j. regina (Butler, [1881])

Amur, Ussuri, Japan japonicus regina (Butler, [1881]); , TL: Hokkaido
Neozephyrus japonicus regina, Lepidoptera collection [SZMN]
Neozephirus japonica regina ; [BARU, (note)]
Neozephyrus japonica regina ; [BRU2, 93]

N. j. sachalinensis (Matsumura, 1928)

Sakhalin Zephyrys taxilla[sic] sachalinensis Matsumura, 1928; Insecta Matsumurana 2 (4) : 199, TL: Saghalien
Neozephyrus japonica sachalinensis ; [BRU2, 93]

N. j. monticolus Shirôzu, 1952

Japan (Honshu) monticola ;
Neozephyrus japonicus monticolus ; [BRU2, 93]

N. j. koreanus (Riley, 1939)

Korea Thecla taxila koreana Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 356, TL: Korea, Seoul
Neozephyrus japonicus koreanus ; [BRU2, 93]

Neozephyrus coruscans (Leech, 1894)

W.China - C.China. See [About maps] Zephyrus coruscans Leech, 1894; Butts China Japan Corea (1): 273, pl. 27, f. 7-8
Neozephyrus coruscans ; [MRS, 619]

Neozephyrus dubernardi (Riley, 1939)

W.China (Yunnan). See [About maps] Thecla coruscans dubernardi Riley, 1939; Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 356, TL: Tse-kou
Chrysozephyrus dubernardi ;
Neozephyrus dubernardi ;

Neozephyrus helenae Howarth, 1957

W.China. See [About maps] Neozephyrus helenae Howarth, 1957; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 5 (6) : 264
violescens Howarth, 1957
Neozephyrus helenae ; [MRS, 620]

Neozephyrus uedai Koiwaya, 1996

W.China, Vietnam. See [About maps]

N. u. kachinicus Koiwaya, 2002

Myanmar Neozephyrus uedai kachinicus Koiwaya, 2002; , TL: Myanmar, Kachin

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References:

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[BARU]

Korshunov, Y. P., Gorbunov, P. Y.; Butterflies of the Asian part of Russia; English translation by Oleg Kosterin; [Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii. Spravochnik]

[BOR]

D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[SZMN]

Lepidoptera; Siberian Zoological Museum

Some related literature:

Eliot, 1973

The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6

Howarth, 1957

A Revision of the Genus Neozephyrus Sibatani & Ito (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 5 (6) : 233-272, 13pls (105 figs.)

Leech, 1894

Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea Butts China Japan Corea (1): 1-297, pl. 1-28 (1892-1894), (2): 297-681, pl. 29-43 (1893-1894)

Matsumura, 1928

New Butterflies especially from the Kuriles Insecta Matsumurana 2 (4) : 191-201

Matsumura, 1929

New butterflies from Japan, Korea and Formosa Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3) : 87-107, pl. 4

Murray, 1875

Notes on Japanese Butterflies, with descriptions of new Genera and Species Ent. mon. Mag. 11 : 166-172

Nire, 1920

On new Species and Subspecies of Butterflies native to this Country [in Japanese] Zool. Mag. Tokyo 32 : 373-377

Riley, 1939

Notes on oriental Theclinae (Lepidopera, Lycaenidae) with description of new species Novit. zool. 41 (4) : 355-361

Sibatani & Ito, 1942

Beitrag zur Systematik der Theclinae im Kaiserreich Japan unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der sogenannten Gattung Zephyrus Tenthredo 3 (4): 299-334 [?318-328]

Wileman, 1908

New and unrecorded species of Rhopalocera from Formosa Annot. zool. japan. 6 (5) : 307-335

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