Pseudozizeeria maha

Pseudozizeeria maha, ♂, ♀, Nepal.

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pseudozizeeria
Species: Pseudozizeeria maha
Subspecies: P. m. diluta - P. m. maha - P. m. okinawana - P. m. ossa

Name

Pseudozizeeria maha (Kollar, [1844])

Type Locality: India, Mussoorie

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena maha Kollar, [1844]: 422.
• 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 argia Ménétriés, 1857: 125, pl. 10, fig. 7
• Lycaena japonica Murray, 1874: 167
• Lycaena alope Fenton, [1882]: 851

References

• Fenton, M., [1882]. In Butler & Fenton Descriptions of Japanese butterflies. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1881(4): 851-855.
• Kollar, V., 1844. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir... In Hügel, Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 393-564, 582-585, pls. 1-28.
• Ménétriés, E., 1857. Enumerato corporum musei imperialis Academiae Scientiarum Petropolitanae. Part 1 & 2. Lepidoptera Diurna. Cat. lep. Petersb. (1) 101pp; (2) 96pp.
• 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, 2 pls.
• Murray, R. F., 1874. Notes on Japanese butterflies with descriptions of new genera and species. Entomologists Monthly Magazine 11:166-172.
• Poujade, M. G-A., 1885. Annales de la Societé entomologique dr France 1885:cxliii-cli.
• Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Dt. Ent. Z. Iris. 1(1):45-72, 4 pls.

Vernacular names

English: Pale Grass Blue
日本語: ヤマトシジミ

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